During the Puja ritual, the monks bow before an image of the Buddha to ask for blessings and offer flowers, food, water and other offerings. The ceremony, which took place a few days ago in the ...

Devotees clad in white, throng to the temples to observe sil and spend the day listening to bana, participate in Buddha puja and to meditate. The observance of sil continues throughout the day and ...

Buddhists show thanks to the Buddha in puja, the Buddhist word for ‘worship’. In meditation, people sit, concentrate and reflect on the Buddha’s teachings. Buddhists can also worship through ...