Vesak is celebrated by millions of Buddhists around the world. A day commemorating the birth, awakening, and death of the ...

Monday, May 12, 2025 is Vesak Day, the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. Traditions vary across Asia. In East Asian Buddhist schools, Vesak celebrates the birth of Buddha. In ...

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 ...

Thousands gathered in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the UN Day of Vesak with a glowing lantern ceremony symbolizing compassion and unity. On the evening of May 6, Minister of Ethnic and Religious ...

Every year, on the full moon day of the sixth lunar month, Buddhists worldwide come together to honor Vesak, which ...

Srilanka, May 13 -- The entire Nation is enveloped in spiritual fervour as it celebrates yet another Vesak Poya Day marking the Birth, Enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha. Religious ...

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 ...

Chief Prelate of the Asgiriya Chapter Most Ven.Warakagoda Sri Gnanarathana Mahanayaka Thera issuing a statement to mark the Vesak day said shaping lifestyles according to the teachings of the Buddha ...

In her Vesak day message, Prime Minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya wished that this Vesak celebration be a blessed one filled with kindness and compassion towards all living beings “It is an honor to ...

A wild elephant believed to have been shot dead on Vesak Poya night was discovered in Dingiara, within the Wellawaya Police Division yesterday. The elephant’s carcass was found near an unauthorised ...