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Magha Puja

Index Magha Puja

Māgha Pūjā is the second most important Buddhist festival, celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Sri Lanka and on the full moon day of Tabodwe in Myanmar. [1]

35 relations: BNK48, Buddhism in Cambodia, Buddhist calendar, Buddhist holidays, Burmese calendar, Chandra Khonnokyoong, Cherprang Areekul, Culture of Buddhism, Culture of Sri Lanka, Daeboreum, Festivals in Sri Lanka, History of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Index of Buddhism-related articles, Index of Sri Lanka-related articles (M), Index of Thailand-related articles K to N, Khao Khitchakut National Park, Lantern Festival, Lao people, List of Buddhist festivals, List of festivals in Asia, Lists of holidays, Magha, Maudgalyayana, Mongkut, Outline of Buddhism, Pan-Asia International School, Poya, Public holidays in Cambodia, Public holidays in Thailand, Tabaung, Thai lunar calendar, Theravada, Uposatha, Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen, Wat Phra Mahathat.

BNK48

BNK48 (read B.N.K. Forty-eight) is a Thai idol group and the third international sister group of Japan's AKB48, after Indonesia's JKT48 and China's SNH48.

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Buddhism in Cambodia

Buddhism in Cambodia is currently a form of Theravada Buddhism.

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Buddhist calendar

The Buddhist calendar is a set of lunisolar calendars primarily used in mainland Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand as well as in Sri Lanka and Chinese populations of Malaysia and Singapore for religious or official occasions.

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Buddhist holidays

This is a list of holidays celebrated within the Buddhist tradition.

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Burmese calendar

The Burmese calendar (မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ်,, or ကောဇာသက္ကရာဇ်,; Burmese Era (BE) or Myanmar Era (ME)) is a lunisolar calendar in which the months are based on lunar months and years are based on sidereal years.

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Chandra Khonnokyoong

Chandra Khonnokyoong (20 January 1909 – 10 September 2000) was a Thai Maechi (nun) who founded Wat Phra Dhammakaya.

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Cherprang Areekul

Cherprang Areekul (เฌอปราง อารีย์กุล,,; born 2 May 1996) is a member of the Thai idol girl group BNK48, an international sister group of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48.

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Culture of Buddhism

Buddhist culture is exemplified through Buddhist art, Buddhist architecture, Buddhist music and Buddhist cuisine.

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Culture of Sri Lanka

The culture of Sri Lanka mixes modern elements with traditional aspects and is known for its regional diversity.

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Daeboreum

Daeboreum (literally "Great Full Moon") is a Korean holiday that celebrates the first full moon of the new year of the lunar Korean calendar which is the Korean version of the First Full Moon Festival.

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Festivals in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka having a history as long as many ancient civilizations, positioning in the crossroad of the East and the West, and being a multicultural society, celebrates a wide variety of festivals, ceremonies and events.

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History of Wat Phra Dhammakaya

Wat Phra Dhammakaya (วัดพระธรรมกาย) is a Buddhist temple in Thailand.

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Index of Buddhism-related articles

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Index of Sri Lanka-related articles (M)

This page lists Sri Lanka-related articles with titles beginning with an alphabet letter M.

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Index of Thailand-related articles K to N

This is a list of articles related to Thailand, sorted by alphabetical order.

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Khao Khitchakut National Park

Khao Khitchakut National Park (อุทยานแห่งชาติเขาคิชฌกูฏ) is a national park in Chanthaburi Province, Thailand.

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Lantern Festival

The Lantern Festival or the Spring Lantern Festival is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunisolar Chinese calendar.

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Lao people

The Lao are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia, who speak the eponymous language of the Tai–Kadai group.

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List of Buddhist festivals

Japanese festivals and Barua festivals often involve Buddhist culture, as do pagoda festivals held as fairs held at Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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List of festivals in Asia

The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Asia, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable.

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Lists of holidays

Lists of holidays by various categorization.

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Magha

Magha (māgha, माघ or maghā, मघा) may refer to.

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Maudgalyayana

Maudgalyāyana (Moggallāna), also known as Mahāmaudgalyāyana, was one of the Buddha's closest disciples.

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Mongkut

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหามงกุฎ พระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Rama IV, known in English-speaking countries as King Mongkut (18 October 18041 October 1868), was the fourth monarch of Siam (Thailand) under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1851 to 1868.

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Outline of Buddhism

Buddhism (Pali/बौद्ध धर्म Buddha Dharma) is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, "the awakened one".

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Pan-Asia International School

Pan-Asia International School, or PAIS, is an International School located in Prawet District, Bangkok, Thailand, and a member of the International Schools Association of Thailand (ISAT).

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Poya

Poya is the name given to the Lunar monthly Buddhist holiday of Uposatha in Sri Lanka, where it is a civil and bank holiday.

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Public holidays in Cambodia

Cambodia has numerous public holidays, including memorial holidays and religious holidays of Buddhist origin.

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Public holidays in Thailand

Public holidays in Thailand are regulated by the government, and most are observed by both the public and private sectors.

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Tabaung

Tabaung (တပေါင်း) is the twelfth and final month of the traditional Burmese calendar.

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Thai lunar calendar

The Thai lunar calendar (ปฏิทินจันทรคติ,,, literally, Specific days according to lunar norms), or Tai calendar, is a lunisolar Buddhist calendar.

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Theravada

Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.

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Uposatha

The Uposatha (Upavasatha) is a Buddhist day of observance, in existence from the Buddha's time (500 BCE), and still being kept today in Buddhist countries.

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Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen

Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen (วัดปากน้ำภาษีเจริญ) is a royal wat ('temple') located in Phasi Charoen district, Bangkok, at the Chao Phraya River.

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Wat Phra Mahathat

Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan (วัดพระมหาธาตุวรมหาวิหาร) is the main Buddhist temple (wat) of the Nakhon Si Thammarat Province in Southern Thailand.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magha_Puja

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