At 22:00 on 15 November, the king and Queen Sirikit, with the help of a hydraulic tappet, set alight a 40 m (130 ft) high funeral pyre. The $5.7 m (£3.8 m) temporary royal crematorium, a complex of pavilions constructed on the Sanam Luang parade ground over seven months, had been decorated with flowers, garlands, and carved banana stalks. After the cremation, the funeral buildings were torn down. According to Hindu belief, Vadhana's spirit then returned home to Mount Meru, where all deities eternally live.