The Khon Kaen Office of Buddhism has warned a forest temple abbot to refrain from a fire-breathing ritual, after video of him spewing flames from his mouth in front of a crowd was widely shared on social media.
On Friday, Phra Khru Siriratananukul, the ecclesiastical commune-chief of tambon Ban Kho, Khon Kaen Provincial Office of Buddhism director Somporn Chan-ut and local officials all arrived at Wat Pa Sri Na Pang in Muang district.
They met with the abbot, Phra Tawatchai, and told him to tone it down.
After the meeting, Mr Somporn quoted the abbot as saying he had performed the same stunt during the Songkran holiday for the past 16…
