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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prepares marigold arrangements for sale in the Bangkok flower market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prepares marigold arrangements for sale in the Bangkok flower market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prepares marigold arrangements for sale in the Bangkok flower market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prepares marigold arrangements for sale in the Bangkok flower market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A marigold garland vendor sells his flowers in front of a set of yellow doors in Kathmandu.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 23 AUGUST 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:    A vendor sells marigold flower garlands in Pak Khlong Talad in Bangkok. Thailand entered a “technical” recession this month after the economy shrank by 0.3% in the second quarter of the year. The 0.3% contraction in gross domestic product between April and June followed a previous fall of 1.7% during the first quarter of 2013. The contraction is being blamed on a drop in demand for exports, a drop in domestic demand and a loss of consumer confidence. At the same time, the value of the Thai Baht against the US Dollar has dropped significantly, from a high of about 28Baht to $1 in April to 32THB to 1USD in August.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 05 MARCH 2017 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL: A marigold garland vendor sells his flowers in front of a set of yellow doors in Kathmandu.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 17 AUGUST 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Flower garlands for sale in front of a Hindu temple in Bangkok during the celebration of Krishna Janmashtami. Krishna Janmashtami is the annual celebration of the birth of the Hindu deity Krishna, the eighth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. It is celebrated by Hindus in Thailand. There are about 53,000 Hindus in Thailand, most originally from India, but many Hindu deities are highly revered by Thai Buddhists and Hindu holy days are observed by many Thai Buddhists.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman prays with a handful of marigolds before laying them in the path of monks making a pilgrimage in Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman prays with a handful of marigolds before laying them in the path of monks making a pilgrimage in Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists pick up marigolds after monks walked over them following a mass pilgrimage of monks through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The feet of a Buddhist monk walks through a carpet of marigolds during a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists pick up marigolds after monks walked over them following a mass pilgrimage of monks through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The feet of a Buddhist monk walks through a carpet of marigolds during a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The feet of a Buddhist monk walks through a carpet of marigolds during a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists lay marigolds in the path of monks making a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists lay marigolds in the path of monks making a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists lay marigolds in the path of monks making a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists lay marigolds in the path of monks making a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A vendor displays marigold garlands in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor makes a marigold garland in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor makes a marigold garland in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists lay marigolds in the path of monks making a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists lay marigolds in the path of monks making a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  The feet of a Buddhist monk walks through a carpet of marigolds during a mass pilgrimage through Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Men stock their booth with marigold garlands in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A marigold vendor in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A woman prepares marigold arrangements for sale in the Bangkok flower market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Marigold vendors play card games on an iPad in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Men stock their booth with marigold garlands in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A vendor makes a marigold garland in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A person places marigolds onto the monks' footpath at Wat Phra Dhammakaya at the start of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Hindus present marigolds to Ganesha during Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations in Bangkok. Ganesha Chaturthi also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is the Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the re-birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("Festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada. The date usually falls between 19 August and 20 September. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi. Ganesha is a widely worshipped Hindu deity and is revered by many Thai Buddhists. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A child places marigolds on the monks' footpath at Wat Phra Dhammakaya on the first day of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Hindu woman in Bangkok with a tray of marigolds for Ganesha on the last day of Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations at Shiva Temple in Bangkok. Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the re-birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("Festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi. Ganesha is a widely worshipped Hindu deity and is revered by many Thai Buddhists. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. The last day of the festival is marked by the immersion of the deity, which symbolizes the cycle of creation and dissolution in nature.  In Bangkok, the deity (statue) was submerged in the Chao Phraya River.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Vendors make floral arrangements in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Vendors make floral arrangements in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   The main aisle in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists pray as monks pass them during mass pilgrimage in Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai Buddhists pray during a mass pilgrimage of monks in Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk walks past people praying during a monks' mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists pray during a mass pilgrimage of monks in Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A food vendor carries his yoke through the Bangkok Flower Market. He sells eggs he grills on a charcoal grill right in the basket on the front of the yoke. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Vendors make floral arrangements in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A person places marigolds onto the monks' footpath at Wat Phra Dhammakaya at the start of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 31 AUGUST 2014 - SARIKA, NAKHON NAYOK, THAILAND: Women throw marigolds at Ganesh to honor him during the Ganesh Festival at Shri Utthayan Ganesha Temple in Sarika, Nakhon Nayok. Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Ganesh. It is a 10-day festival marking the birthday of Ganesh, who is widely worshiped for his auspicious beginnings. Ganesh is the patron of arts and sciences, the deity of intellect and wisdom -- identified by his elephant head. The holiday is celebrated for 10 days, in 2014, most Hindu temples will submerge their Ganesh shrines and deities on September 7. Wat Utthaya Ganesh in Nakhon Nayok province, is a Buddhist temple that venerates Ganesh, who is popular with Thai Buddhists. The temple draws both Buddhists and Hindus and celebrates the Ganesh holiday a week ahead of most other places.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 APRIL 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A vendor makes flower arrangements with marigolds in the Bangkok flower market. The Yodpiman Flower Market (also called Pak Khlong Talat) is being renovated and gentrified. The market opened in 1961 and has been a Bangkok landmark for more than 50 years, is being turned into a high end mall. Many of the flower and vegetable vendors in the market may be forced out.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Hindu priest places a garland of marigolds on a deity (statue) of Ganesha on the last day of Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations at Shiva Temple in Bangkok. Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the re-birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("Festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi. Ganesha is a widely worshipped Hindu deity and is revered by many Thai Buddhists. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. The last day of the festival is marked by the immersion of the deity, which symbolizes the cycle of creation and dissolution in nature. In Bangkok, the deity (statue) was submerged in the Chao Phraya River.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A street food vendor in the flower market in Bangkok. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Santa Cruz Church, as seen from the Bangkok Flower Market. It is one of the many old Catholic churches in Bangkok. The church was built in 1770 during the reign of King Taksin (1867 – 1782). The church of the Holy Cross is a legacy of Portuguese-Siamese relations that date back to the 16th century. The reddish dome of the old Catholic church is a prominent landmark on the Chao Phraya River. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk walks through the monks' camp at Surasakmontri School before the monks resumed their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks walk through their camp site at Surasakmontri School during a rest stop on their pilgrimage in Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists make merit to monks before the monks started a mass pilgrimage Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists pray during a mass pilgrimage of monks in Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Guava vendors sort fruit in their booth in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Workers make garlands in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A vendor makes flower garlands in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A vendor makes flower garlands in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A porter pulls his hand truck through the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A vendor reads her newspaper in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 20 SEPTEMBER 2015 - SARIKA, NAKHON NAYOK, THAILAND: A woman throws marigolds while dancing at the Ganesh festival at Shri Utthayan Ganesha Temple in Sarika, Nakhon Nayok. Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturthi, is a Hindu festival dedicated to Lord Ganesh. Ganesh is the patron of arts and sciences, the deity of intellect and wisdom -- identified by his elephant head. The holiday is celebrated for 10 days. Wat Utthaya Ganesh in Nakhon Nayok province, is a Buddhist temple that venerates Ganesh, who is popular with Thai Buddhists. The temple draws both Buddhists and Hindus and celebrates the Ganesh holiday a week ahead of most other places.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A woman places marigolds on the monks' footpath at Wat Phra Dhammakaya on the first day of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: People throw marigolds onto the footpath for monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya at the start of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: People throw marigolds onto the footpath for monks at Wat Phra Dhammakaya at the start of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 APRIL 2014 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A vendor makes flower arrangements with marigolds in the Bangkok flower market. The Yodpiman Flower Market (also called Pak Khlong Talat) is being renovated and gentrified. The market opened in 1961 and has been a Bangkok landmark for more than 50 years, is being turned into a high end mall. Many of the flower and vegetable vendors in the market may be forced out.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A Hindu priest places a garland of marigolds on a deity (statue) of Ganesha on the last day of Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations at Shiva Temple in Bangkok. Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the re-birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("Festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi. Ganesha is a widely worshipped Hindu deity and is revered by many Thai Buddhists. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. The last day of the festival is marked by the immersion of the deity, which symbolizes the cycle of creation and dissolution in nature. In Bangkok, the deity (statue) was submerged in the Chao Phraya River.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks during Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A Buddhist monk walks past people praying during a monks' mass pilgrimage through Bangkok. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Thai Buddhists pray during a mass pilgrimage of monks in Bangkok Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists make merit to monks before the monks started a mass pilgrimage Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A tuk-tuk driver in his tuk-tuk at the Bangkok Flower Market. (Tuk-tuks are three wheeled taxi common in developing cities in Asia.) The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A snack vendor in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A food vendor sells mangos and pineapple from her cart in the Bangkok Flower Market. Early in the day, the market takes over the streets in the area, after about 7AM the streets are fully reopened to traffic. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  A food vendor pushes her cart through the Bangkok Flower Market. Early in the day, the market takes over the streets in the area, after about 7AM the streets are fully reopened to traffic. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A food vendor carries his yoke through the Bangkok Flower Market. He sells eggs he grills on a charcoal grill right in the basket on the front of the yoke. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman sorts and grades limes in the Bangkok Flower Market. The back of the market is also used to sell fruit and produce. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Fresh cut ornamental flowers in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 02 JANUARY 2015 - KHLONG LUANG, PATHUM THANI, THAILAND: A child places marigolds on the monks' footpath at Wat Phra Dhammakaya on the first day of the 4th annual Dhammachai Dhutanaga (a dhutanga is a "wandering" and translated as pilgrimage). More than 1,100 monks are participating in a 450 kilometer (280 miles) long pilgrimage, which is going through six provinces in central Thailand. The purpose of the pilgrimage is to pay homage to the Buddha, preserve Buddhist culture, welcome the new year, and "develop virtuous Buddhist youth leaders." Wat Phra Dhammakaya is the largest Buddhist temple in Thailand and the center of the Dhammakaya movement, a Buddhist sect founded in the 1970s.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 SEPTEMBER 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Hindus in Bangkok sing and pray and throw marigolds to the deities on the last day of Ganesha Chaturthi celebrations at Shiva Temple in Bangkok. Ganesha Chaturthi is the Hindu festival celebrated on the day of the re-birth of Lord Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati. The festival, also known as Ganeshotsav ("Festival of Ganesha") is observed in the Hindu calendar month of Bhaadrapada. The festival lasts for 10 days, ending on Anant Chaturdashi. Ganesha is a widely worshipped Hindu deity and is revered by many Thai Buddhists. Ganesha is widely revered as the remover of obstacles, the patron of arts and sciences and the deva of intellect and wisdom. The last day of the festival is marked by the immersion of the deity, which symbolizes the cycle of creation and dissolution in nature.  In Bangkok, the deity (statue) was submerged in the Chao Phraya River.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks start Saturday's leg of their mass pilgrimage through Bangkok at Surasakmontri School. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists make merit to monks before the monks started a mass pilgrimage Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 JANUARY 2013 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Thai Buddhists make merit to monks before the monks started a mass pilgrimage Saturday. 1,128 Buddhist monks from the Dhammakaya movement took part in a 25-day pilgrimage walk passing through Bangkok and several provinces in central Thailand, as part of a voluntarily undertaking of ascetic practices. The pilgrimage is scheduled to end Sunday, January 27 at Wat Phra Dhammakaya near Bangkok. Along the way Thai Buddhists laid marigolds along their path and greeted them for merit making. The Dhammakaya is the fastest growing Buddhist movement in Thailand. The pilgrimage is reported to be the largest pilgrimage in Thailand and organizers hope to get it placed in the Guiness World Records book.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Woman sort and trim mushrooms in the produce section of the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A snack vendor on the street in front of the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Buddhist monks collect alms in the produce section of the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.          PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A waffle vendor and her cart in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   Vendors make floral arrangements in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A vendor reads her newspaper in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A vendor reads her newspaper in the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A woman sorts and grades limes in the Bangkok Flower Market. The back of the market is also used to sell fruit and produce. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.         PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A porter pulls his hand truck through the Bangkok Flower Market. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok.  The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM. Thais grow and use a lot of flowers. Some, like marigolds and lotus, are used for religious purposes. Others are purely ornamental.           PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 19 OCTOBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:   A man carries a load of marigolds he bought through the Bangkok Flower Marker. The Bangkok Flower Market (Pak Klong Talad) is the biggest wholesale and retail fresh flower market in Bangkok. The market is busiest between 3:30AM and 6AM.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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