Lucky Numbers Buzz at Wat Chainawat Cremation Ceremony in Suphan Buri—Lottery Frenzy Over 'Lucky Digits'
Suphan Buri's new crematorium opened with a ceremony for a 109-year-old man, sparking a lottery frenzy as attendees rushed to buy tickets using lucky numbers tied to the cremation.
On May 10, Udom Prongfah, chairman of the Suphan Buri Provincial Administration Organization, led an incense and candle lighting ceremony at Wat Chainawat in Mueang District to inaugurate a new pollution-free crematorium, funded with 2 million baht from the provincial administration. The temple held a test cremation for a 109-year-old man named Kluay, with participants writing wishes for the removal of suffering, sorrow, sickness, and hardship on papers placed in the coffin. After the ceremony, Udom and community members paid respects to a statue of the late Luang Pho Thom, the temple's former abbot. Attendees then sought out lucky numbers: 109 (the deceased's age) and 492 and 83 (derived from the coffin lid), creating such a frenzy that lottery vendors sold out their inventory within the temple grounds as everyone rushed to buy tickets for the May 16 lottery draw.
