Kathina robes offering ceremony held in Bodh Gaya Myanmar monastery in India on 26 October. Photo: MNA
An offering ceremony of Kathina robes was held at the Bodh Gaya Myanmar monastery in Gaya City, Bihar in India on 26 October, with the coordinating donation conducted by the Government, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, the Theravada Myanmar Buddhist Society, the Myanmar Border and Hilly Regions Sasana Nuggaha Association and the Bodh Gaya Pilgrimage sending executive committee.
In the offering ceremony, 267 monks and 16 nuns from 32 Myanmar monasteries, 499 scholar monks and 3 scholar nuns in India took part. A total of 766 monks and 19 nuns were donated US$3,350, 469,200 rupees and Ks26 million.
The Myanmar Ambassador to India, the Director-General from the Religious Affairs Department, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture, the Chairperson of the Theravada Myanmar Buddhist Society and the Myanmar Border and Hilly Regions Sasana Nuggaha Association, the Consulate General of Myanmar in Kolkata, India, members of Sasana Nuggaha Association, officials from Bodh Gaya Pilgrimage sending executive committee, Bodh Gaya Pilgrimage groups and donors attended the ceremony.
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