Jenny Stubbs, volunteer, the crowd was estimated to be in excess of 500 visitors from across the UK.

She said: “As always, we offered free food to reciprocate the kindness and generosity we continually receive.

“Kathina is a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of the rainy season retreat for Theravada Buddhists.

“It’s a time of giving when lay Buddhists offer donations to temples and more especially new robes to the monks.”