The Executive Board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in Ho Chi Minh City last night hosted a procession of the statue of infant Buddha departing from An Quang Pagoda to Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda, where has the main altar of Buddhism in Ho Chi Minh City, to perform bathing ceremony of the baby Buddha statue as well as celebrate the Vesak Day (the Lord Buddha's birthday) in the Year of Buddhist Calendar 2568 (2024).
At the Vietnam Quoc Tu Pagoda, Most Venerable Thich Le Trang, Head of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Board of Ho Chi Minh City and Head of the Organizing Committee of the grand ceremony presided over the bathing ceremony of the infant Buddha statue.
The dignitaries, monks and nuns of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha’s Executive Board of Ho Chi Minh City offered incense and prayed with chanting sutras following the traditional ceremonies.
