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Tak Bat Devo | |
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Official name | Thai: ตักบาตรเทโว |
Observed by | Thai Buddhists |
Type | Buddhist |
Significance | Celebrates Buddha's symbolic return to earth at the end of Buddhist Lent |
Frequency | Annual |
Related to | Chak Phra, Wan Ok Phansa |
Tak Bat Devo (Thai: ตักบาตรเทโว, RTGS: Tak Bat Thewo, pronounced [tàk bàːt tʰēː.wōː]) is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated annually in Central Thailand a day after Wan Ok Phansa, the first day of the 11th waning moon.[1] This is the celebration in order of Buddha's return to Earth after delivering a sermon to his dead mother in heaven.