Kathin Chivar Dan in Shraddhapal Pagoda-2023

Kathin Chivar Dan in Shraddhapal Pagoda-2023, Raozan, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Kathin Chivar Dan a Buddhist ceremony when viksus are given chivar or professional cloth to wear. According to Buddhist belief, this is the best of all gifts.
Kathin Chivar Dan ceremony
Chivar, the cloth that viksus wear, may be of any six colours: those of a tree's roots, trunk, bark, dry leaves, fruit or flower. However, the viksu community prefer to wear cloth the colour of red flowers, as it is different from the cloth that ordinary people wear and also because it does not have attractive designs.