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Bhikkhuni Pannavati and others leaving the ordination ceremony.

More Nun Ordination in Thailand

It is illegal for women to take full ordination as a Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) in Thailand due to a 1928 law. Monks who have tried to ordain women have been ejected from the Thai sangha and even imprisoned. There does...