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 ...

As we celebrate Vesak, let us be reminded of the Inexhaustible lamp “a lamp that can light up hundreds and thousands of other lamps…and bring about brightness that never fades.” ...

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.

Wesak, also known as Vesak or Buddha Day, will be celebrated on 12th May 2025. Wesak is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and is celebrated on the full moon in May. Scroll or swipe down ...

It was almost dusk. The sky had turned a deep blue and the street lamps which had come on grew brighter in the increasing darkness. Despite a light drizzle, a crowd had gathered – families with ...

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.

Vesak is one of the most important Buddhist festivals. ... Here a Buddhist monk is arranging LED lamps at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya temple in Thailand. Published. 23 May 2024. Image source, ...

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.

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.

Vesak (say "VEE-sak") is the most important day in the Buddhist calendar.It’s a holiday that celebrates the birth of Buddha. He's the person who began the religion known as Buddhism. The day is ...

"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 half millennia ago, in the year 623 B ...