The ‘Tak Bat Dok Mai’ is a Buddhist ceremony in which local people offer flowers to monks as a way of making merit. In addition to the offerings of cooked rice, food, incense, candles and sacred items, the Tak Bat Dok Mai ritual includes offerings of Dok Khao Phansa flowers that only come into bloom during the Buddhist Lent. People can go to offer flowers to monks at many temples nationwide but the most popular are in Saraburi Province. The auspicious ceremony began yesterday on Sai Khu Road in front Wat Phra Phutthabat in Saraburi Province where tens of thousands of Buddhists participated in offering flowers to 3,000 monks. Residents of Bangkok can experience the joy of such festivals at Rama IX Golden Jubilee Temple and Wat Bowonniwet Vihara Temple.