On 26 June 2023, the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Kota Bharu organized a religious ceremony to commemorate the 96th Birthday Anniversary of His Holiness Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatayana, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand on 26th June 2023 at Prachacinararm Temple, Tumpat District, Kelantan. The ceremony was well attended by senior Buddhist monks from various temples in Kelantan, including the Primate of Kelantan (Prachacinaram Temple), Deputy Primate of Kelantan (Cheng Buddhavast Buddhist Temple), Abbot of Prachumtatchanaram Temple, Abbot of Machimmaram Temple, Abbot of Phikulyai Temple, Abbot of Prachumthat Chanaram Temple as well as Malaysian Buddhists in Kelantan. His Holiness Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatayana was ordained as a Bhikkhu in 1948 and later appointed as Abbot of Rachabophit Temple in Bangkok in 2008 and the 20th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand in 2017 by His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, succeeding the late Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara who passed away in 2013.