Kathina 2025

Dear Kalyanamittras,

Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists Monks annually practice. The season during which a monastery may hold Kathina is one month long. The Vassa is also a time for the lay Buddhists to express their devotion to the cause of Buddhism by supporting the Sangha with special diligence offering dana to the resident monk observing the Vassa.

The main event in this ceremony is the offering of the special robe known as the kathina-civara to the Sangha, who in turn present it to one monk who has observed the retreat. The laity traditionally offer unsewn cloth to the monks. This ceremony, which is performed with keen interest and devotion, has today become an important occasion of great social and religious significance for the Buddhist laity.

Ti-Ratana Lumbini Garden will be having this event on…