On Saturday 23rd of September we held our Kathina Festival marking the end of Buddhist Lent.
Katina is a ceremony where the lay people present new robes to the
Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of Vassa, the three-month rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists.
The season during which a monastery may hold Kathina is one month long, beginning after the full moon of the eleventh month in the Lunar calendar (usually October).
It is a time of giving, for the laity to express gratitude to the Sangha.
Lay Buddhists bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks. Also the gift of the attha parikara – the Eight Requisites – is part of the offerings.
2021 was a wonderful event with a large attendance and cold but dry weather. The event raised in excess of 64,000 pounds to support the ongoing work of Wat Sri Intra Atula.
Wat Sri Intra Atula 