While the monks are ascending to the shrine, they receive flowers from the people. The flowers are taken to pay homage to the 'Holy Footprint of the Buddha' at the Chulamani Pagoda, where an antique replica of a tooth relic of the Buddha is enshrined. This great pagoda is comparable to Phra That Phanom in the Northeast, a revered structure that also holds a relic of the Buddha.When the ceremony is completed, the monks walk down from the mondop. The Buddhist devotees waiting outside pour water over the feet of the monks and novices in the belief that in doing so; their sins will be washed away.