Vesak Day, or the day of the Full Moon, is one of the most important dates on the Buddhist calendar. It celebrates the birth of Buddha in 623 B.C. It was also on this day that the Buddha attained enlightenment and, coincidently, it is the day he passed away eighty years later.
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On Vesak full moon Poya day which celebrates the Birth, enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana of the Buddha, the Tibetan and Thai monks performed a Buddha Pooja offering ‘Kiri Pidu’ at the Kirivehera stupa where the Buddha’s hair relics are enshrined.
05. 05. 2023 https://t.co/p1B6MJMZc9
— Foundation for Buddhist Brotherhood (@FBBSriLanaka) May 22, 2023