Sri Lanka is to host the United Nations' Day of Vesak for the first time in the Buddhist-majority country. On Vesak day, Buddhists all over the world commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of ...

COLOMBO, May 18 (Reuters) - Buddhist Sri Lankans marked the festival of Vesak in low key celebrations on Saturday amid heightened religious tensions in the Indian Ocean nation following the deadly ...

The Buddhist Vesak festival celebrations in Sri Lanka have evolved into an interreligious affair, with more Hindus and Christians participating in the festivities, observers say. Christians and Hindus ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — It was time to reclaim the holiday. To put the Buddha back into Vesak, so to speak. But as Sri Lankans prepared to celebrate Vesak, the holiday this week commemorating Buddha’s ...

Lanka Rising writes about the Vesak Lanterns Festival, an annual holiday observed traditionally by practicing Buddhists in Sri Lanka and other parts of South Asia. Global Voices stands out as one of ...

The Lantern Festival of Sri Lanka, organised by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Addis Ababa in collaboration with the Sri Lankan community in Ethiopia, was celebrated in Ethiopia on 23 June 2024, marking ...

Colombo burst into colour and light as tens of thousands of devotees gathered on May 12 to mark Vesak Day, Sri Lanka’s most sacred Buddhist festival. The celebrations honoured Buddha’s birth, ...

Blue Mountain’s ethereal lanterns brightened up the UN Vesak Day celebrations, which were held in Sri Lanka this year with the participation of Buddhist leaders from around the world. The three-day ...

The Embassy of Sri Lanka observed religious ceremonies to celebrate the Vesak 2550 at the Embassy premises on May 12. Nepali Buddhist monks, who were invited for the ceremony, chanted psalms for peace ...