On 23 October 2023 at 10.00 hrs., H.E. Mrs. Sirilak Niyom, Ambassador of Thailand to Denmark led the officials of the Royal Thai Embassy and Thai Trade Center Nordic as well as representatives from Thai community, the Asia House and 10 student interns in the Asia House from Niels Brock International Business College to pay respect to King Chulalongkorn’s Equestrian Statue at the Asia House on the occasion of King Chulalongkorn Memorial Day. The participants attended the Buddhist merit making ceremony by offering food and alms to 3 monks from Wat Pa Copenhagen and the wreath laying ceremony at the statue in remembrance of the passing of the great King.
After that at 14.00 hrs, the Ambassador as well as officials and representatives from Thai community went to Wat Thai Denmark Brahmavihara Copenhagen to lay wreath before the statute of King Chulalongkorn at the temple and to offer alms to the monk to make merits for the King.
His Majesty King Chulalongkorn is renowned for the modernization of Siam and the protection of Siamese sovereignty amid Western colonialism. He was the first Thai Monarch who had made two visits to Denmark in 1897 and 1907. The King’s historic visits to Denmark had strengthened the ties between the two royal families and provided a solid foundation for the cordial and close relationship between Thailand and Denmark at all levels up to the present day.