Important Buddhist Religious Day - Visakha Bucha Day

วันสำคัญทางพุทธศาสนา - วันวิสาขบูชา

2014/2557-05-13

To commemorate the annual Visakha Bucha Day

2014/27

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31 x 62 mm

700,000 pieces

Thai-British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

Silhouette of the Phra Phutta Monthon Buddha image in Nakhon Pathom, surrounded by a glow, that is referred to as a rasmie (fig.), and Buddhists performing a thaksinahwat on Visakha Bucha Day, i.e. a triple circular procession around a temple, important shrine or stupa, in a clockwise direction, with the temple or shrine on the right, and while holding a small candle, three incense sticks and a lotus flower (fig.). Both the three incense sticks and the triple circumnavigations represent the Triple Gem. In the background is a golden silhouette of Wat Phra Kaew (fig.), i.e. the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (fig.) in Bangkok, including its battlements, which are called bai sema (fig.)..

Visakha Bucha, Buddha, Phra Phutta Monthon, Buddha image, thaksinahwat, kaan wian thian, rasmie, Triple Gem, incense stick, lotus, Nakhon Pathom, Wat Phra Kaew, Emerald Buddha, Bangkok, bai sema