The Kathina Festival In New Zealand

The Kathina Festival In New Zealand

Devotees from the Sri Lankan Buddhist community are offering prayers during a pirith chanting ceremony ahead of the annual Kathina festival at the Samadhi Buddhist Temple in Rolleston, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, on November 24, 2023. The Kathina is an annual two-day Buddhist festival that occurs at the end of the three-month rainy season retreat of Theravada Buddhist monks in various countries including Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. During this time, devotees are engaging in a series of special religious activities, with the most significant being the Kathina Cheevara Puja, or the offering of robes to monks who have completed their rainy season retreats. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto)

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                  A devotee from the Sri Lankan Buddhist community is offering prayers during a pirith chanting ceremony ahead of the annual Kathina festival at the Samadhi Buddhist Temple in Rolleston, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, on November 24, 2023. The Kathina is an annual two-day Buddhist festival that occurs at the end of the three-month rainy season retreat of Theravada Buddhist monks in various countries. Devotees are performing a series of special religious activities, with the most important being the Kathina Cheevara Puja, or the offering of robes to monks who have completed their rainy season retreats. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto)
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                    Buddhist monks are chanting during a pirith ceremony to invoke blessings ahead of the annual Kathina festival at Samadhi Buddhist Temple in Rolleston, a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, on November 24, 2023. The Kathina is an annual two-day Buddhist festival that occurs at the end of the three-month rainy season retreat of Theravada Buddhist monks in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. Devotees are performing a series of special religious activities, with the most important one being the Kathina Cheevara Puja, or the offering of robes to monks who have completed the rainy season retreats. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto)
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