Festival of Floral Offerings

The Festival of Floral Offerings or Tak Bat Dokmai is a traditional merit making ceremony where takes place at Wat Phra Phuttabat in Saraburi province.

At the beginning of Buddhist Lent in July, people gather together at Wat Phra Phuttabat to offer food to the monks.

Dok Khao-Phansa is a special kind of flower that only found in the Saraburi province in Central Thailand.

[citation needed] In Buddha’s lifetime, Sumonmala had a duty to collect eight flowers of jasmine for offering to the king of Ratchakuek kingdom, Phra Chao Pimpisarn.

[citation needed] One day, Sumonmalal found Buddha and his monks when he picked the flowers for Phra Chao Pimpisarn.