Southerners flock to pay homage to the Lord Buddha’s relics on the last day

Krabi, Today is the last day that the public is open to pay homage to the relics of the Lord Buddha and the relics of the Arahants. At Wat Mahathat Wachiramongkol Krabi Province It is expected that throughout the day there will be many people flocking to pay respects. The atmosphere of paying homage to the relics of the Lord Buddha and the Arahant relics of Phra Sariputta and Phra Moggallana which were temporarily enshrined inside the temple mandap. Mahathat Wachiramongkol Temple, Na Nuea Subdistrict, Ao Luek District, Krabi Province During the past half-day morning, it was crowded with religious people. both from the area of ??Krabi province and those traveling from all over the southern region Both from Phuket, Phang Nga, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla. From the inquiry, it was found that many people left their homes from 3:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. in order to catch the first round of worship at 7:00 a.m., in part to avoid the extremely hot weather during the day. and heavy traffic due to a large number of waves of believers heading to Wat Mahathat Wachiramongkol in the past 3 days, causing traffic jams to accumulate for several kilometers long. Today is the last day that worship will be open until 9:00 p.m. Initially, it is expected that worshiper Today there may be the highest number of 300,000 people, after yesterday (March 17) the total number of people who came to pay their respects was almost 260,000 people. And throughout the past 3 days, there has been the power of faith heading to pay homage to the relics of the Lord Buddha and the Buddha. Arahant relics of Phra Sariputra and Phra Moggallana at Mahathat Vajiramongkol Temple. or Bang Thong Temple, 578,252 people have gone This evening Ministry of Culture The Department of Religious Affairs will organize a Dhamma Yatra seminar on the relics of the Great Ganga, the Mekong Basin, moving towards a century of Dhamma. with Mr. Sermsak Phongpanich, Minister of Culture, Indian Ambassador to Thailand and the secretary of the Bodhikayavichalai Institute also pa rticipated in the discussion. And what's even more special is that tonight there will be a Khon performance, Rama Across the Ocean, Saprayut Phaya Marn. Pay respect to the relics of the Lord Buddha at 7:30 p.m. in the area in front of Phra Mahathat Chedi. As for tomorrow (March 19), the relics and relics of Phra Sariputta and Phra Moggallana will be brought back to the Republic of India. By Air Force aircraft. Source: Thai News Agency