Photo of the Day: Lighting a Candle for Buddha in Chiang Mai, Thailand | Asia Society

Photo of the Day: Lighting a Candle for Buddha in Chiang Mai, Thailand

July 3rd, 2012


A monk lighting candles in a pond during Visakha Bucha, a day that celebrates Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, in Chiang Mai, Thailand on June 4, 2012. (CanvasOfLight/Flickr)

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