Devotees from Thailand take part in Kathina Chivaar Daan, a robe-offering ceremony, at Bodhgaya’s Buddhasevika Temple on Friday. The tourist season in the holy town started on October 12 with a similar robe-offering ceremony organised by the Bodhgaya Temple Management Committee at the World Heritage Mahabodhi Mahavihara. Events will continue till February 2015. After the three-month rainy retreat (varshawaas) of the monks, devotees offer them robes (civaras) as part of the Buddhist tradition. This year, the rainy retreat ended on October 8, following which monasteries of the different countries have been organising the robe-offering ceremonies. Picture by Suman