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Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day (also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Pournami) is a primarily Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of South, Southeast and East Asia, commemorating the birth of the prince Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Gautama Buddha and founded Buddhism.
In South Korea the birthday of Buddha is celebrated on the 8th day of the 4th month in the Korean lunar calendar (as well as in Hong Kong, Macau) and is an official holiday. This day is called 석가탄신일 (Seokga tansinil), meaning "Buddha's birthday" or 부처님 오신 날 (Bucheonim osin nal) meaning "the day when the Buddha came". It ...
Buddha’s birthday is a national holiday in South Korea. The highlight of the celebration in Seoul is the lotus lantern festival called Yeondeunghoe, a parade of thousands of colorful, lighted ...
The day of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death is widely celebrated in Theravada countries as Vesak and the day he got conceived as Poson. [148] Buddha's Birthday is called Buddha Purnima in Nepal, Bangladesh, and India as he is believed to have been born on a full moon day. [149]
The birthday of Buddha is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhism or country. The highlight of the celebration in South Korea is ...
The performance brought cheers from a crowd of thousands at an annual lantern-lighting festival over the weekend to celebrate the Buddha's birthday. Religious belief in South Korea has been on the ...
Vesak: The Buddha's birthday is known as Vesak and is one of the major festivals of the year.It is celebrated on the first full moon day in May, or the fourth lunar month which usually occurs in May or during a lunar leap year, June.
Buddha's Birthday: বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা The birth of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Gautama Buddha and founder of Buddhism. 10 Dhu al-Hijjah Eid al-Adha: ঈদুল আজহা "Sacrifice Feast", the willingness of Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael. 8 Bhadra Krishna Janmashtami: জন্মাষ্টমী