Colombo is the epicentre of Vesak, and every year the streets are strung with hundreds of paper lanterns and lights. To really get involved you can make your own Vesak lantern, and it’s not ...

Rehan was determined to make a big Vesak lantern this time. His neighbour Samal had made a very beautiful lantern last year for Vesak. Everyone had admired Samal’s lantern and no one had noticed Rehan ...

Reduced funds, a lack of sponsors and competition from organised groups mean there will be fewer Vesak pandals and lanterns in Colombo city and its suburbs with small-scale craftsmen driven out to ...

Vesak lanterns, buckets and lights. Buddhist disciples, both young and old, are hustling along the streets to shop for Vesak lanterns and most of the streets in Colombo are filled with stalls and ...

As the full moon of Vesak rises above the land, a nation pauses—its streets lined with lanterns, its homes lit with devotion, and its people immersed in rituals passed down for generations. For ...

Thousands flocked to the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal on Tuesday night to celebrate the festival. Monks and nuns from Phap Hoa Pagoda in District 3 have made 3,000 lanterns for Vesak, the most important ...

along with exhibitions of traditional Vesak lanterns (pahankoodu). The Presidential Secretariat extends an open invitation to the public to witness these Vesak festivities and experience the ...

The Galadari Colombo recently held its annual Vesak Lantern Competition. This is the ideal opportunity for all departments of the hotel to showcase their creative and artistic skills and to build ...

Colombo is the epicentre of Vesak, and every year the streets are strung with hundreds of paper lanterns and lights. To really get involved you can make your own Vesak lantern, and it’s not ...