Kyauktan, 13 March
The 109th anniversary Buddha Pujaniya festival of Kyaikhmawwun Yele Pagoda, located on a small island in Hmaw Wun Creek in Kyauktan Township, Yangon Region, was opened on 12 March.
The Buddha Pujaniya festival of the pagoda was opened by U Zaw Moe Lwin, patron of the committee for organizing the Buddha Pujaniya festival and the regional lawmaker, Township Administrator U Than Htay and Chairman of the Pagoda Board of Trustees U Tun Hla Shwe by cutting a ceremonial ribbon. The pagoda’s Buddha Pujaniya festival is being celebrated for nine days from 12 to 20 March.
The festival is being held on a grand scale in conjunction with the “Paritta Recitation” ceremony, alms and rice offering to monks and the light floating festival in the Hmaw Wun Creek.—Soe Win
Translated by Kyaw Htike Soe
