Revered Buddhist ritual


Devotees offering food items and money to the novice monks and nuns as the procession passes by a market. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

A GROUP of novice monks and nuns embarked on a two-hour journey to seek alms from the public in Penang.

They walked for 8km from the Penang Buddhist Association in Anson Road to the Kek Lok Si Temple in Ayer Itam.

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