Thailand: Makha Bucha Day Ceremony

Vichan Poti

Buddhist monks hold candles as they walking around the Buddha Statue during a ceremony to commemorate Makha Bucha Day at Wat Phra Dhammakaya Temple in Pathum Thani province during Thai people celebrate the buddhist festival of clockwise circumambulation and Makha Bucha lantern lighting ceremony at Dhammakaya Temple on 'Makha Bucha Day' during the third lunar moon, where around 1250 monks gathered to be ordained by the Buddha and hundreds thousands of devotees holding lanterns.