Raven Crown
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[edit]- A crown made from satin and silk worn by the Druk Gyalpos of Bhutan, and surmounted by the head of a raven.
- 2008 November 5, Harish Tyagi, “Bhutan celebrates coronation of new king”, in NBC[1], archived from the original on 2022-08-16:
- With medieval tradition and Buddhist spirituality, a 28-year-old assumed the Raven Crown of Bhutan on Thursday, to guide the world's newest democracy as it emerges into the modern world. […] The public greeting followed the coronation, an elaborate display of pageantry, mingled with ancient Buddhist rites that saw King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 52, the much-loved monarch, formalize his abdication and place the Raven Crown on the head of his 28-year-old son.
- 2008 November 6, Gavin Rabinowitz, “Bhutan celebrates coronation of new king”, in The Independent[2], archived from the original on 2019-09-20:
- At exactly 8:31 a.m., former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, 52, placed the Raven Crown on the head of his son, 28-year-old Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, giving him the title of Druk Gyalpo, or Dragon King.
- 2009 June 1, Reiki Crins, Meeting the “Other”: Living in the Present, Gender and Sustainability in Bhutan, Eburon Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 116:
- The ‘Raven Crown” (a crown like a helmet with a raven head on top) is the national symbol of the monarchy of Bhutan. The Raven Crown was the external symbol of the role of the Mahakala.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Raven Crown.