The hangar of Thai royal funeral chariot
Royal chariot refers to Royal two-wheeled drawn vehicle look like wagon, or had development from models of wagons, decorated magnificently and may have a greater height both has a roof and without roof.
The royal chariot without roof chariot call “Ratcharoth Thong” as the relief chariot in gilded black lacquer picture on cabinets lids in Phuttaisawan Royal Hall that was the characterized by the technicians in reign of King Rama I.
The royal chariot with roof call “Ratcharoth Wor” or “Ratcharoth Vimarn”. If a roof has the crest as “Ratcharoth Bussabok”
Both kind of royal chariot have 2 driven approaches as;
If a large chariot as fineness pattern, there is a huge arch crest and overweight that will drive by people drag on both the front and rear call the people as “Pol Chak-Chud” due to the need to move smoothly and can move or stop by smoothly to prevent faulty of design and moving by elegant style .
Other approach use creature as houses as a tow and have only front cause the most of these chariot are small and have a low roof or camber and underweight. When the time to stop, do not pull back so often use horses to pull. But if as the chariots in Thai literatures might take Rajasiha, the great lion or Khotjasiha to drag for demonstrate the power of person who forced the chariot that a supernatural force the animals as very mighty used by needed . The based on to old glory of royal chariot similar with royal tiered as So many different types, each type has a different status or hierarchy by the size of the chariot, the appearance of procession and the appearance of the chariot.
Considering that starting to see signs of order or have some type of chariot. The based on to old glory of royal chariot in currently do not appear that specify the rank of the chariot in writing or any stereotyped rules but used traditionally been seen as the more important.
he next consideration is the nature of the chariot used in government, such as the royal cremation ceremony, brigade the body in Rattanakosin period, as revealed by the evidence. Currently, there are 5 chariots displayed the highest honor to be a royal pavilion used such as
1. Phra Maha Pichi Royal Chariot
2. Vachayanta Royal Chariot
3. Small Royal Chariot
4. 2 Little Royal Chariot (chariot as small as well)
Phra Maha Pichi Royal Chariot and Vachayanta Royal Chariot use to establish the Royal urn, bring to the royal crematorium. Small Royal Chariot use for the royal family sat in and bring tied the urn, One Little Royal Chariot use for Patriarch or Maha Thera to read the metaphysics take the royal remains, other Little Royal Chariot use for following Royal Chariot or Arguably use for Phra Kos Chandara Royal urn.