The Dan Sai Municipality will organise a celebration to worship Phrathat Sri Song Rak in Loei’s Dan Sai district from tomorrow to Monday.
The annual event is organised on the Full Moon day of the sixth lunar month. The date falls on Monday this year.
Located on a hill by the bank of Man River, Phrathat Sri Song Rak is one of the highly revered stupas in the Northeast. The history dates back to the year 1560 when the white stupa was built to indicate the goodwill between Maha Chakkraphat of Ayutthaya and King Chai Chetthathirath of Lan Xang (now part of Laos).
The pagoda is 19.19m tall and its square base is 10.89m wide. It is located in Wat Phrathat Sri Song Rak, about 90km from Loei airport.
The four-day event will feature a cleaning day in which worshippers will cleanse the pagoda, a mass ordination ceremony, bang fai (a rocket festival) and Hae…
