Thai New Year (Songkran)
by Jason - April 19th, 2010.Filed under: Events. Tagged as: Buddhism, Buddhist, relic, Thai Forest Tradition.
On Sunday, April 11, 2010, Buddhist Temple of America celebrated Songkran, Thai New Year. Like other major events, many people attended the celebration, and many people valunteered to provide food for the visitors. I wasn’t able to stay long, but here are a few pictures:
Venerable teachers making the almsround.
Venerable teachers making the almsround.
Long line of people waiting for their turns to offer food.
Here are a couple of pictures of the interior of the Chedi (pagoda) that’s been built to house holy relics in the future, at least 108 different kinds of Buddha and other Awakened Ones’ relics. We are hoping that the construction will be completed in just a few months.
On this Sunday, Ven. Sivali's relic is housed in the small pagoda for the visitors to pay respect.
Ven. Sivali's relic