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02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: People pray with marigolds that would be put on the footpath for monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya at the start of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ

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02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: People pray with marigolds that would be put on the footpath for monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya at the start of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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