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30,000 monks attend mass alms-giving in Myanmar
7 years agoA handout photo taken on December 8, 2019 and released by Dhammakaya Fondation shows monks lining up for alms during the alms-giving ceremony to 30,000 monks organize by the region government of Mandalay affiliated with Dhammakaya Foundation at Chanmyathazi Airport in Mandalay. Thirty-thousand monks assembled in the early morning chill of Mandalay for a spectacular alms-giving event involving a controversial mega-temple under scrutiny across the border in Thailand. Handout / DHAMMAKAYA FOUNDATION / AFP
Thirty-thousand monks assembled in the early morning chill in Myanmar on Sunday for a spectacular alms-giving event, partly organised by a controversial mega-temple under...