PHRA Thammasing Burajarn, better known as Luang Por Charan Thitathammo, died Monday at age 87 at Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital while being treated for severe pneumonia.

Luang Por Charan, who was the abbot of Wat Amphawan in Sing Buri’s Phrom Buri district, had been treated at the hospital since December 20. He died at 8.37am.

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