Volunteers light oil lamps for worshippers who donated online to have their families remembered at the Maha Vihara temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on May 7, 2020. RNS photo by Alexandra Radu ...

Vesak lamps are lit in almost every house in addition to special illuminations in the places of worship. Erection of Pandals in important public places is another form of celebrating Vesak.

On Vesak Poya the older children had to observe Ata Sil with grandmother, at the village temple. Back home in the evening, we would light oil lamps, Vesak buckets and atapattam Vesak koodu made by us.

Wesak Day, observed on the full moon of the lunar month of May, ... Vihara today begin with the raising of the Buddhist flag, followed by prayers, hymns, and lighting of lotus-shaped oil lamps.

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Wesak celebrates the Buddha's birthday and, for some Buddhists, also marks his enlightenment and death. It is also called Buddha Day. Wesak is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and is ...

The temple is expecting 10,000 devotees for Wesak Day. For the procession around Jalan Sentul on the eve, children from the temple’s Sunday school also bore a hand-carried float.