Makha Bucha Day in Thailand

Thai Buddhist people light candles and hold lotus flowers with joss sticks, before they circle around the Wat Suthat temple, to mark Makha Bucha Buddhist holy day celebration in Bangkok, Thailand, 06 March 2023. Thai Buddhists across the country mark the Makha Bucha Day, a day in remembrance of an event when the Lord Buddha gave the first sermon on the essence of Buddhism to his ordained 1,250 monk disciples who all spontaneously gathered without an appointment.