Ka Ot Temple of Khmer ethnics in Tay Ninh province
The Kiri Sattray Menchey Pagoda, commonly known as the Ka Ot Pagoda, in Tan Chau district, is one of six Khmer Theravada pagodas with unique architecture in the southern province of Tay Ninh.
Ka Ot Pagoda is one of six Khmer Theravada pagodas in Tay Ninh province and boasts unique architecture. (Photo: VNA)
Kiri Sattray Menchey Pagoda is commonly known as Ka Ot Pagoda. (Photo: VNA)
The unique architecture of Ka Ot Pagoda. (Photo: VNA)
Ka Ot Pagoda is one of six Khmer Theravada pagodas with unique architecture in Tay Ninh province. (Photo: VNA)
Children practice with the orchestra at Ka Ot Pagoda. (Photo: VNA)
Chol Chnam Thmay New Year is the biggest festival on the Khmer calendar, which takes place around mid-April of the solar calendar every year. The festival expresses the wish for a new year of favourable rain and wind, and bountiful crops.
The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh has earmarked 626 billion VND (27 million USD) this year for socio-economic development activities to improve the lives of ethnic groups, mostly Khmer.
For the Khmer people, a pagoda is not only a place for practicing Buddhist rituals but also where unique tangible and intangible cultural values are kept, preserved, and promoted. Come with us to visit Aranhut, the oldest Khmer pagoda in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang.