A man convicted of financial fraud released under a Vesak Day pardon by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, an action that ...

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

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

Jakarta, VIVA – Vesak Day, also known as Buddha Day, holds deep spiritual significance for Buddhists around the world. This sacred day commemorates not just one, but three major events in the life of ...

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 ...

Vesak Day celebrates Buddha Gautama, the Great Teacher or Spiritual Guru around the 5th century BC. Also known as Siddhartha Gautama, he was born into royalty but believed that wealth did not ...

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 ...

Vesak Day is one of the most significant days on the Buddhist calendar, and marks the birth, enlightenment, and passing of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha. Also known as Buddha Day, this sacred ...

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 ...