Description
Added on the 21/07/2016 14:33:15 - Copyright : FashiontvMen
Thousands of Buddhist monks and devotees participated in a breathtaking lantern-lit ceremony at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok on Saturday, to mark Makha Bucha Day, a special holiday celebrated on the full moon of the third lunar month of the calendar. Participants sat in prepared positions and meditated according to instructions given by the head priest via microphone. Makha Bucha Day, also known as Lord Buddha Day, is a public holiday observed in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Sri Lanka. It is an important religious festival held in honour of the Buddha and comes from a special story in Buddhist history. The legend goes that 1,250 monks enlightened monks came to see the Buddha on the day of the full moon without being summoned so that they could be ordained by the Buddha himself. Each temple in Thailand holds a candlelight procession called a wian thian. Monks and congregation members circle three times around the ordination hall clockwise holding flowers, incense and a lighted candle.
Burmese queue to enter Thailand at an immigration checkpoint in the border town of Mae Sot, many fleeing the newest round of fighting to test the junta's hold on power. The number of people passing Thai immigration from Myanmar had increased to around 4,000 per day in recent days, an immigration official told AFP, up from the usual number of around 1,900. IMAGES
Sydney Sweeney gets real about going on “Hot Ones”: “I thought I was dying...and then you can’t stand!” #sydneysweeney #hotones #celebrityinterviews #isabelamerced #celesteoconnor #madameweb
Sydney Sweeney gets real about going on "Hot Ones": "I thought I was dying...and then you can’t stand!" #celebrityinterviews #hotones #sydneysweeney
Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra leaves police hospital with his daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra and family members. IMAGES
Jailed former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives back at his Bangkok home early Sunday, just six months after his dramatic return to the kingdom from 15 years of self-imposed exile. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
