Buddhist community celebrated the two-day long ‘Kathin Chibar Dan’, a religious festival, at Raj Banabihar in the district town yesterday evening. Chakma Circle chief Barrister Devashish Roy inaugurated the festival through opening the bain ghar (sewing room) and spinning wheel at 3:00pm. Bishakha, a nurse of Goutam Buddha, introduced the religious festival about 2500 years ago. Since then the Buddhist community celebrate the Kathin Chibar Dan or the yellow robes offering ceremony every year. The chibars (robes) are made of cotton and sewed by devotees under several preconditions for which it is termed as kathin (difficult). The entire Rangamati town wore a festive look yesterday. Thousands of people, mostly Buddhist devotees from  hill districts gathered in and around the Raj Banabihar.