Yangon’s Shwedagon Pagoda and other prominent pagodas were crowded with devotees making religious offerings on Thadingyut Full Moon Day (Abhidhamma Day) yesterday.
The Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees organized a series of religious ceremonies in the morning, including the offering of alms, Abhidhamma Day observances, and ceremonies marking the conclusion of the Buddhist Lent festival. Devotees and religious associations offered alms, flowers, water, lights and fruits to the Buddha images and participated in Dhamma recitations and prayers.
After the religious occasions, they donated offertories and day meal alms to the Ovadacariya Sayadaws and monks. The pagoda area was crowded with pilgrims and donors who made food donations.
In the evening, the pagoda board of trustees, religious association members and pilgrims offered oil lamps across the entire pagoda platform.
Similarly, at the ceremonies for the Full Moon Day of Thadingyut and Abhidhamma Day held by the trustees of the Botahtaung Pagoda, Kaba Aye Pagoda, Maha Wizaya Pagoda, Sule Pagoda, Sacred Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon), Lokachantha Abhaya Labhamuni Buddha Image on Mindhamma Hill, Maha Dhamma Yanthi Eaindawya Pagoda, Santawshin Kyaikwyne Pagoda, Ngahtetgyi Pagoda, Chaukhtetgyi Pagoda, Shwephonepwint Pagoda, and Melamu Pagoda, pilgrims offered alms, flowers, water, oil lamps, fruits whereas the religious groups made Dhamma related activities dedication to the Lord Buddha. — Zaw Min Latt (MNA)/KTZH
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