Tak Bat Devo

Tak Bat Devo
Official nameThai: ตักบาตรเทโว
Observed byThai Buddhists
TypeBuddhist
SignificanceCelebrates Buddha's symbolic return to earth at the end of Buddhist Lent
FrequencyAnnual
Related toChak Phra, Wan Ok Phansa

Tak Bat Devo (Thai: ตักบาตรเทโว, RTGSTak 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.

  1. ^ Chadchaidee, Thanapol "Lamduan" (2013). "Tak Bat Devo and Chak Phra Festivals". Essays on Thailand. Booksmango. pp. 5–7. ISBN 9786162222641.