At the instigation of the foreign minister, the late Lakshman Kadirgarmar, Vesak Full Moon Poya day was declared as an international religious day. This was done because it is the most important day ...

The key events of Prince Siddhartha Gautama’s life were on a Vesak Full Moon in May — His birth, attainment of supreme enlightenment and passing away (mahaparinibbhana). The thrice blessed day is ...

“ We are the result of what we have thought. If you speak or act with an evil thought, pain follows you. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never ...

Vesak marks the Birth, Enlightenment and Parinibbana of Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, and as worship and religious observances in temples take pride of place on Vesak Poya day, families and ...

The entire Nation is enveloped in spiritual fervour as it celebrates yet another Vesak Poya Day marking the Birth, Enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha. Religious activities including ...

Vesak Full Moon Poya Day falls today. Elaborate preparations have been made for grand celebrations complete with thoran, dansel, magnificent lanterns and other such illuminations, in most parts of the ...

“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.C.

As the full moon of Vesak rises above the land, a nation pauses—its streets lined with lanterns, its homes lit with devotion, and its people immersed in rituals passed down for generations. For ...

Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday called on all lawmakers to unite and work immediately for a solution to the people's pressing problems when the country is in "dire straits" ...