News Forum - Vegetarian Festival on Yaowarat Road starts today

[Thaiger]

Great news for those living on the veg, the Vegetarian Festival is back on Yaowarat Road in Bangkok after a two-year pandemic absence. Vegetarians from all over “vegiverse” can get down to the “beet” and “shake the mushroom” from today until October 4. Thai-Chinese people all over the country celebrate the vegetarian festival, or Kin Jay in Thai, every year for nine days and nights from the first to the ninth day of the ninth month according to the Chinese lunar calendar. And this year, the festival falls on September 26 to October 4. Yaowarat Road boasts arguably the biggest […]

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[HolyCowCm]

Now the price of vegetables goes up as usual. 

[Ramanathan.P]

This is in line with hindu festival "Navarathri" which means 9 nights of worshipping. Where Hindus all over the world strictly follow vegetarian for 9 days. The month which is called "Purattasi" is holy month for Hindus and will be purely vegetarian for the entire month