Katina Cheewara Pooja (Robe Donation Ceremony) - 2023

This is a past event. This event took place on October 28, 2023

Katina event is the culmination of Vassana programs - during Katina, devotees present the Katina Cheewara to a resident monk as a gesture of their gratitude. We are conducting the Katina event with a pirith chanting and a Katina Dana.

Katina is also the main fund-raising event for SIBC. We want to channel our efforts this year to pay-off the remainder of the loan we have taken to construct the new bathroom. Currently we have a deficit of $12,000 including capital and the interest. We kindly suggest a donation of $200 per family while we will gladly accept any amount higher or lower than this amount. If you are working for Microsoft, Boeing or T-mobile you can donate to the SIBC cultural fund whose funds are used for cultural events organized by SIBC including Katina event.

You can help by committing to donate a cheewara at the Katina event. Please sign-up to donate a Katina cheewara by adding your name using this form.

Here’s an overview of events.

Conveyance of Katina Cheewara and Maha Pirith chanting - Saturday October 28th

Our events will begin at 4:45pm pm Saturday with the conveyance of the Cheewara to SIBC premises. Maha pirith chanting will commence at the SIBC premises in Tukwila in the especially constructed Pirith mandapa. A brief outline of the program is as follows

  • 4:45PM - Arrival and networking
  • 5:30PM ~ 6:30PM - English Dhamma sermon by Venerable Tenipita Sudave.
  • 6:30PM - 8:00PM - Community Dinner
  • 8:00PM - Commencement of Maha Pirith chanting
  • 11:00PM - Conclusion of events

Katina pooja - Sunday October 29th

Katina pooja program will start at 10:00AM on Sunday with observance of Pan sil. Buddha pooja and offering of Dana to resident monks will commence at 11:00AM. Dana and community lunch will follow the Buddha pooja. Katina Cheewara will be brought to the temple in a Katina perahara organized by Dhamma school children and devotees. Katina perahara starts from SIBC premises at 1PM.

A brief outline of the program is as follows

  • 9:45AM - Arrival and networking
  • 10:00AM - Preparation of Buddha pooja by the community
  • 10:45AM ~ 12:00PM - Buddha pooja and Katina Dana to monks
  • 12:00PM ~ 1:00PM - community lunch
  • 1:00PM ~ 1.30PM - Arrive in Perahara and presentation of Katina cheewara
  • 1:30PM ~ 2:30PM - Dhamma sermon on Katina
  • 3:00PM - program end

You can contribute Dana items for the Katina Dana by signing up below