Worship and Festivals
Merit makers come to the monks of the temple for getting alms every morning. Between 6-7:30 in the morning, the monks line up on Nakhon Phantom with their bowls to receive donations of curry, rice, lotus buds, incense,toiletries and other essentials. . The evening candlelight procession around the bot during the Buddhist festivals of Maha Puja (in February) and Visakha Puja (in May) are common for this temple.
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