| | Festival and Celebrations Manual in September |
 | | During the Sart Thai Festival the people of Phetchabun will hold the Um Phra Dam Nam Festival with a procession of the Phra Buddha Maha Thammaracha Buddha image, the principle Buddha image of Phetchabun, around the city. |
 | | The governor of the province presides at a ceremony where he dives with the Buddha image in his hand into the river in all four directions according to traditional beliefs that happiness and fertility will ensue. |
 | | After that, the Phra Buddha Maha Thammaracha is brought to the provincial hall to be bathed in lustral water by the public. |
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