PEOPLE ACROSS the country are preparing to welcome the country’s new Supreme Patriarch at his official ordination ceremony today, with a former disciple of Somdet Phra Ariyawongsakhatayan labelling him the perfect choice to lead Thai Buddhists. The sacred appointment ceremony for the new Supreme Patriarch will be held today at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha confirming Somdet Phra Ariyawongsakhatayan, the abbot of Ratchabophit Sathitmahasimaram Temple, as the 20th Supreme Patriarch of the Rattanakosin Era .