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 ตักบาตร 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.