A diminutive “Bodhi tree” at Wat Pho Thong in Phichit has produced rare pink leaves just in time for the Songkran festival, drawing hundreds of admirers.

It was a typically hot, sunny day. But you could feel an occasional breeze that calmed the mind. Buddhist monks from Asian countries and local Hindu swamis were chanting together under the Bodhi tree where Lord Buddha found enlightenment 2,603 years ago.