Visakha Bucha Day 2024 Chiang Mai

Visakha Bucha Day is an important Thai holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Tebet and Mongolia. The festival is marked on the full moon day of every sixth lunar month, which typically falls in May each year. The day marks three Key Events in Buddha’s life: the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha.

In Thailand, where Vesak Day is known as Visakha Buja Day (Visakha Puja Day), Buddhists usually make merits by going to temples, vowing to keep the Buddhists precepts, offering food to monks, listening to Dhamma Talks and practicing Vipassana meditation in the temples.

In Chiang Mai, Visakha Bucha Day is celebrated by many locals walking 11kms to the summit of Doi Suthep Temple.