Royal Barge Procession “Stars Surrounding the Moon” The procession of 52 royal barges in the royal procession to present Kathin robes
In 1982, the position of the royal barges participating in the royal barge procession (large) by barge was changed according to the idea of ​​Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Walailak, Princess Srisavangavadhana Worakhattiyaratnare, to be in the form of stars surrounding the moon to make the procession have appropriate proportions and the royal barges look elegant and not drag behind the procession since there were no royal barges following behind as in the past.

The plan of the royal barge procession looks like stars surrounding the moon, that is, the royal barge is the moon, other barges in the front, behind and behind are surrounded by stars on all sides. The current royal barge procession has adopted this idea. To make the royal barges look elegant and befitting His Majesty

The arrangement of the 52 royal barges for the royal procession to present the Kathin robes by the royal barge procession consists of 52 royal barges as follows:

1. 4 royal barges
   • Suphannahong
   • Narai Song Suban Ratchakram IX
   • Ananta Naga
   • Anekchat Phuchong
2. 8 animal-shaped barges
   • Asura Wayupak
   • Asura Paksi
   • Krabi Prab Muang Mar
   • Krabi Ran Ron Rup
   • Krut Heun Het
   • Krut Tret Trai Chak
   • Pali Rang Thaweep
   • and Sukreep Krong Muang
3. 2 destroyer boats
   • Suea Thayan Chon
   • and Suea Kamron Sindhu
4. 2 twin-tug boats
   • Ekkachai Heun Hao
   • and Rue Ek Chai Lao Thong
5. Rue Pratu 2 boats
   • Rue Thong Kwan Fa
   • and Rue Thong Ba Bin
6. Rue Klong 2 boats
   • Rue E Luang
   • and Rue Taeng Mo
7. Rue Police 3 boats
8. Rue Dang 22 boats
9. Rue Saeng 7 boats

For the arrangement of the royal barge procession, there are 52 boats, divided into 5 rows, 3 lines as follows:

1. Row middle line, which is the important boat line, consisting of 4 royal barges, including the royal barge Suphannahong, the royal barge Anantanakarat, the royal barge Narai Song Suban, King Rama IX, the royal barge Anek Chat Phuchong In addition, there are Rue E Luang as the outer drum boat, Rue Taeng Mo, which is the boat of the procession commander, as the inner drum boat, along with the outer police boat and the police boat, totaling 10 boats
2. Row inner line, flanking the royal barge line, there are Rue Thong Kwan Fa and Rue Thong Ba Bin as the front door boat and Rue Suea Thayan Chon And the Suea Kham Ron Sindhu ship is a destroyer, 8 animal-shaped ships, and the end of the inner line is the Ekkachai Hen Hao ship and the Ekkachai Law Thong ship, which are twin-tug ships, totaling 14 ships. 3. The outer line consists of the Dang ship and the Saeng ship, 14 ships each, totaling 28 ships.

Information courtesy of: Phra Lan