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The Kathina Festival In New Zealand
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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| Photo ID | #10806248 |
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| Photographer | Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto |
| Category | Religion and Belief |
| Copyright | © 2026 NurPhoto - Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto |
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