A woman puts an offering into a novice Buddhist monk's bowl near Tha Pae Gate in Chiang Mai, Thailand.


A woman puts an offering into a novice Buddhist monk's bowl while paying a birthday tribute to King Rama lX of Thailand near Tha Pae Gate in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This religious ceremony takes place annually and is marked by hundreds of monks with clasped hands performing a prayer like gesture.


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Location: Tha Pae Gate, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
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