Katina Uthsawaya
The annual Katina robe-offering festival — the most meritorious dāna of the year, held after the conclusion of the rains retreat (vas).
Katina Uthsawaya
The Katina Uthsawaya is the grandest and most meritorious ceremony in the monastic calendar, held once a year within the month following the end of the three-month rains retreat (vassāna). The lay community comes together to offer the Katina robe and requisites to the resident Sangha, a dāna so rare that it may be offered to a monastery only once each year.
- Offering of the Katina robe to the resident Sangha
- Perahära procession of the robe and requisites
- All-night pirith chanting and Dhamma sermons
- Communal dāna and sharing of merit
How to Join
- 1
Contact the aranya to take part as a sponsor or to make an offering.
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Coordinate robes, requisites, and dāna with the resident lay stewards.
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Join the perahära and the robe-offering ceremony on the appointed day.
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Share in the transference of merit with the gathered community.
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