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The Buddhist Kathina Festival In New Zealand
Buddhist monks attend the Kathina Ceremony at Samadhi Buddhist Vihara in Christchurch, New Zealand, on November 06, 2022. Kathina or robe offering ceremony is a Buddhist festival commencing at the end of Vassa. Vassa, is the three-month rainy season retreat for Thervada Buddhists in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. During the Vassa period, normally nomadic Buddhist monks will have remained in one place for three months, and the Kathina celebration marks the time for them to move on. And the Kathina ceremony is an annual ceremony, which originated 2,500 years ago, celebrates the largest alms-giving ceremony of the Buddhist year and it is the time of the year when new robes and other requisites may be offered by the laity to the monks and nuns. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto)
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| Photographer | Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto |
| Category | Religion and Belief |
| Copyright | © 2026 NurPhoto - Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto |
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