Religious activities including Meditation programmes took pride of place on the Vesak ... Day celebrations at all temples. Also dansels and Vesak decorations attracted large crowds. The pictures ...

It is also known as Wesak or Buddha Day. It is a celebration of Buddha's ... more about the world and saw the suffering in the world. Image source, Getty Images It's believed that after six ...

Wesak Day, one of the holiest days for Buddhists, offers an opportunity for all followers to come together and celebrate not only Buddha's birthday, but also his enlightenment and achievement of ...

A Buddha sits on display during the annual Vesak Buddhist festival, which celebrates the birth, enlightenment, and passing of Buddha in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 24, 2013. (Lakruwan ...

Photos of the Week: Harness Race, Obelisk Vista, ... or Vesak Day, in Magelang, Central Java, on May 11, 2025. Vesak is the most sacred day for Buddhists, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, ...

It is also known as Wesak or Buddha Day. It's a celebration of the ... put their hands together and bow to the image of the Buddha. They may also use prayer beads called mala.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a ...

The temple is expecting 10,000 devotees for Wesak Day. For the procession around Jalan ... It is interesting to note that the petals adorning the image of Buddha on the float were made of recycled ...

These days, however, it rarely sees crowds as big as the 45,000 who flocked there in early May for the annual Vesak Day celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. Built in the ...