Largest mass cremation
- Who
- Unknown
- What
- 21347 people
- When
- 01 January 0001
Largest mass cremation
The world's largest mass cremation took place in Dec 1997 at a temple in Smut Scom province, Thailand, when tonnes of bones and 21,347 skulls were cremated to mark the end of urban burials in Bangkok, the overcrowded Thai capital. The bones and skulls represented unclaimed remains from a former Chinese cemetery in Bangkok.
The world's largest mass cremation took place in Dec 1997 at a temple in Smut Scom province, Thailand, when tonnes of bones and 21,347 skulls were cremated to mark the end of urban burials in Bangkok, the overcrowded Thai capital. The bones and skulls represented unclaimed remains from a former Chinese cemetery in Bangkok.