Shwedagon to host 2,614th Buddha Pujaniya Taboung Festival

The 2,614th Buddha Pujaniya Taboung Festival will be held at the Shwedagon Pagoda for ten days, from 21 February to 2 March, according to the Pagoda Board of Trustees.
During the festival, the Board of Trustees will hold ceremonies dedicated to paying homage to the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha.
“In the 2,614th Shwedagon Pagoda Buddha Pujaniya Taboung Festival, the Maha Pathana recitation will be included, along with a rice-offering ceremony for more than 100 monks, including Ovadacariya Sayadaws. In addition, 28 Buddha images will be conveyed to the pagoda platform for public obesisance,” said U Htay Hlaing, a member of the Pagoda Board of Trustees.
The festival will also feature the conveying of 28 Buddha images to the pagoda platform. Furthermore, 120 monks from various monasteries in Dagon and Bahan Townships will recite the Maha Pathana treatises for 216 hours, concluding on 2 March, the full moon day of Taboung.
In addition, at 4 pm on 1 March, alms will be offered to 121 monks and 27 nuns in a ceremony organized by the Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees, beginning from the ancient Buddha images prayer hall and proceeding clockwise around the square. On the full moon day of Taboung, at 5 am on 2 March, further alms will be offered at the victorious Square of the Shwedagon Pagoda. At 9 am, the Buddha Pujaniya Taboung Festival will conclude with a merit-making ceremony at the Chanthagyi prayer hall. — ASH/MKKS

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