Pagodas in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw were bustling with those who do good deeds on the full moon day of Waso (Dhammacakka Day). The ceremony was held at the Shwedagon Pagoda from 5 am yesterday.
Yangon Region Chief Minister U Soe Thein, region cabinet ministers, members of the board of trustees, and donors donated Waso robes and offertories to the monks at the ceremony. Similarly, the Waso robe offering event was held at the Uppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
The same events were held at the Kaba Aye Pagoda, Botahtaung Pagoda, Sule Pagoda, Kyauktawgyi Buddha image, and Relic Tooth Pagoda in Yangon and citizens do meritorious deeds at the Uppatasanti Pagoda, the Latloktaung Shwenanthwin Pagoda, Yanaungmyin Pagoda, Phaungtaw Chatma Pagoda, Nine Deities Pagoda, Datusaya Datpaungsu Pagoda and monasteries in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.
Various religious associations recited the Dhammacakka Sutta, offered Waso robes and flowers, and do meritorious deeds by donating and building virtue on the day of Waso full moon or Dhammacakka Day. —MNA
