Maghe Puja

    Maghe Puja is an important Buddhist festival celebrated in only 4 countries: Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. The spiritual aims of the day are: not to commit any kind of sins; do only good; purify one's mind. This is an occasion when Buddhists tend to go to the temple to perform merit-making activities

    Thailand Holidays

    According to legend, 1250 arahants who were ordained by the Buddha Himself gathered at the Veluvanaram without prior appointment at the full moon of Indian month. This is the origin of Maghe Puja


    Thailand Holidays

    Nowadays, at the 15st of the third Thai calendar, monks gather and praying to purify their mind


    Thailand Holidays

    Merit-making activities are held all over the nation with thousands of Buddhists


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