On Tuesday, thousands of laypeople and devotees from Kandal, Kampong Speu and Kampong Chhnang provinces and Phnom Penh gathered at Preah Reach Trop mountain in Kandal province to celebrate Meak Bochea Day.
Ministry of Religions and Cults spokesman Seng Somony said Heng Samrin, the president of the National Assembly, the Supreme Patriarch and other top monks, government officials and the Japanese Ambassador were also present at the Meak Bochea ceremony.