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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Thais pray for hospitalized king as birthday nears Wed Dec 2, 2009 12:32am EST Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul and Ambika Ahuja BANGKOK (Reuters) - Monks chant. Elderly women pray. Schoolboys draw cheerful faces on get-well books. As Thailand gears up to celebrate King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday on Saturday with fanfare, thousands of Thais are flocking daily to Siriraj Hospital to pray for the revered monarch, who has been in hospital since September 19. Dozens are camping out overnight this week, looking forward to a rare appearance on his birthday on Saturday. "It is going to a big day. I am waiting to see his face again and I think the whole country is waiting with me," said Suwana Kennamtheung, a 54-year-old housewife who has been to the hospital every day since September. Royal astrologers determined in 2007 pink was an auspicious color for the monarch's health and well-wishers arrived in pink shoes with pink bags while some men wore tailor-made pink suits. Wearing a pink shirt with a pink wristband, Suwana prayed at the famed Temple of the Emerald Buddha for the king's health. King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, enjoys reverence rarely witnessed in modern times. Regarded by many as semi-divine, he has anchored Thailand through violent political unrest, short-lived and fractious governments and a series of military coups since he ascended to the throne in 1946. His portraits are ubiquitous -- from homes to shops to roadside billboards. At cinemas, people rise before films to pay respect as a slideshow of the king is played to a royal anthem. But his disappearance from public view -- in his longest hospital stay in recent memory -- has left his people nervous. His traditional birthday eve address has been postponed indefinitely along with an annual military parade, though he will grant an audience to royal family members, cabinet ministers, top government officials and politicians on Saturday. "My heart sank when I heard he would not give the speech," said Duangporn Saibumrung, who sells egg noodles at a stall near the hospital. "But I felt better when I saw that he would still appear at the palace on his birthday." "LIKE A FATHER" It will be his first public appearance since November 2, and only the third since he was admitted to hospital with fever and loss of appetite, and then treated for lung inflammation. Last year, he failed to deliver the address because of ill health at a time when many Thais had been looking to him to issue a call for unity after anti-government protests shut down Bangkok's two main airports for a week. The country is deeply divided between those who support and oppose former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 military coup and later found guilty of corruption. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! 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