🕯️ Asalha Bucha · Rains retreat · Candle parade

Month

July

Where

Temples in every town (Ubon has the grandest parade)

🗺️ Chiang Mai🗺️ Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (Krung Kao)🗺️ Bangkok🗺️ Kanchanaburi🗺️ Samut Sakhon (Mahachai)🗺️ สมุทรสงคราม

Notes from 1980

• Full moon of the 8th month: Asalha Bucha with candles; the next day the rains retreat begins — offering Lent candles and rain-bathing cloths. Confirmed by sources

• For three months monks stay put, not spending nights elsewhere. Confirmed by sources