On 4 March 2018, Ratchathamviriyaram 1 Buddhist Temple held a Buddhist ceremony to observe the Makha Bucha Day. The ceremony was presided over by Ms. Dao Vibulpanich, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., along with the Royal Thai Embassy’s officials and staff, and the Thai community in Ottawa who joined in to make merit and offer Dana to the bhikkhus on this auspicious occasion.