Lotus Throwing Festival is on 7th October 2014
August 27, 2014
Richard Barrow
The Lotus Flower Receiving Festival, called rub Bua in Thai, takes place at Bang Phli every year one day before the end of the Buddhist Rain Retreat. This is on the morning of the fourteenth day of the waxing moon in the eleventh lunar month (usually in October). Traditionally, local people line up on both sides of Klong Samrong in Bang Phli and throw lotus flowers onto the boat carrying a replica of a revered Buddha image. This image is called Luang Poh To and is kept at Wat Bang Phli Yai. This year the festival is 4-7 October 2014.The Lotus Throwing festival will take place on the last day, Tuesday 7th October, starting from Wat Bang Phli Yai Nai.