All temples, esp. Lay merit- making. Lams are put in baskets and given to monks by lottery. All temples Tak Bat Devorohana Hill temples, esp. Wat Fai Hin by Chiang Mai University.
Monks walk down and receive alms.
End of rains retreat. Celebrates return of Buddha to earth from heaven where he had been teaching his mother. Till the full moon of the 12 th lunar month Kathin All temples. Thais travel in groups to distant temples. Lay merit making.