Kathina
Sign in to saveKathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists in Bangladesh (known as Kaṭhina Cībar Dān), Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore. The season during which a monastery may hold Kathina is one month long, beginning after the full moon of the eleventh month in the Lunar calendar (usually October).
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Kathina
- Holiday.type
- Buddhist
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- Abhisit offer Kathina robes.jpg
- Holiday.caption
- Former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva of Thailand offers robes to monks in the 2010 Kathina.
- Holiday.observedby
- Theravādin Buddhists
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- Full moon of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar
- Holiday.duration
- 1 month
- Holiday.frequency
- Annual
- Holiday.date2016
- October 23
- Holiday.relatedto
- Vassa
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Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists in Bangladesh (known as Kaṭhina Cībar Dān), Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, and Singapore. The season during which a monastery may hold Kathina is one month long, beginning after the full moon of the eleventh month in the Lunar calendar (usually October).
It is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to bhikkhus (Buddhist monks). Lay followers bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks. The gift of the Eight Requisites (aṭṭha parikkhārā, or Atapirikara in Sri Lanka) is also part of the offerings.