Thailand: Buddhist monks mark full moon festival with lanterns and lights

Thousands of Buddhist monks led a lantern-lit ceremony at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok on Monday, to mark Makha Bucha Day, a special holiday observed on the full moon of the third lunar month of the calendar. The full moon festival Makha Bucha Day, also known as Lord Buddha Day, is a public holiday observed in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. It is an important religious festival held in honour of the Buddha and marks the day when 1,250 monks gathered to be ordained