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The "Vessantara Jataka" is celebrated in temples during a Buddhist festival known as "Thet Mahachat" (), from "Maha Jati" or "Great Birth", in Central Thailand, "Boun Pha Vet" in Laos and as "Bun Phawet" (Bun Phra Wes), "Bun Duan Sii" ('Merit-making of the fourth month') or "Thet Phawet" in Isan. It is also an important celebration in Cambodia, Burma and Sri Lanka.