The event's organizing committee chairman, Tonny Coasan, announced in Magelang on Friday that the program runs from July 4 to 6, 2025.
Since 2015, the ITC has become an annual tradition, drawing Buddhists from both Indonesia and abroad to Borobudur Temple.
This year, international participants include devotees from Cambodia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
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The Tipitaka texts recited this year are from Suttapitaka Majjhimanikaya Majjhimapannasa Pali Bhikkhuvagga, with their meanings to be further explained by Venerable Bhikkhu Santacitto and Bhikkhu Dhammadhiro Mahathera.
On the second day, Saturday (July 5), at 4:30 p.m. local time, a pradaksina (ritual circumambulation) will take place at the main stupa of Borobudur Temple.
The main procession will be held on Sunday (July 6) at 4:00 p.m. local time, starting with a puja yatra from Mendut Temple and Pawon Temple to Lumbini Park at Borobudur, with around nine thousand Buddhists expected to attend.
For this year’s ITC and Asalha Mahapuja, Venerable Sri Panavaro Mahathera has also designed a new ceremonial chariot, bringing the total number of chariots for the procession from Mendut Temple to Borobudur to four.
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