Bago’s Shwemawdaw to host rice offering, watering banyan tree

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According to U Tin Aung Myint, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Shwemawdaw Pagoda, a ceremony to offer rice to 1,000 monks and 100 nuns will be held at the pagoda in conjunction with the watering of banyan trees on Vesak Day, which falls on 30 April.
On Vesak Day, also known as Buddha Day, 1,000 monks will participate in the consecration of the Shwemawdaw Pagoda. In addition, well-wishers will offer rice and alms to 1,000 monks and 100 nuns. In the afternoon, a ceremony to pour water on the banyan trees will take place.
“The pagoda will be consecrated by 1,000 members of the Sangha from monasteries in Bago at 5 am on the full moon day of Kason, 30 April. At 5:30 am, meals will be offered to 1,000 members of the Sangha and 100 nuns. The rice-offering ceremony will take place on the pagoda platform. From 4 pm, the banyan trees within the precinct of the pagoda will be watered. At about 6 pm, a venerable Sayadaw will deliver a sermon at Buddha Beikman,” said U Tin Aung Myint.
At Shwemawdaw Pagoda, the banyan tree watering ceremony is held annually on the full moon day of Kason. Since 2025, consecration, rice-offering, and sermon-delivery ceremonies have also been held there. In the evening, meals will be served to guests attending the ceremonies. — ASH/MKKS

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