Srilanka, May 13 -- The entire Nation is enveloped in spiritual fervour as it celebrates yet another Vesak Poya Day marking ... of place on the Vesak Full Moon Day celebrations at all temples.

The International Day of Vesak 2025 was celebrated by UNESCO member states with a symposium titled “Buddhist Cosmopolitanism and Exchange along the Silk Road: Interplay between Buddhism and Trade in ...

Today, Asoka and Tissa are distant historical figures but their unique bond paved the way for the introduction of the ...

Vesak, observed in Sri Lanka, is a significant religious and cultural festival marked on the full moon day, called Poya in the Sinhala language, every May. The celebration of Buddha's birth, ...

Every year, on the full moon day of the sixth lunar month, Buddhists worldwide come together to honor Vesak, which ...

It also celebrates Poya (full moon), being the second most important Buddhist holiday of the year after Vesak. It is widely marked by storytelling ... ceremonies and attract many visitors during this ...

Jyestha Purnima on June 10, 2025, is a potent day for emotional and spiritual alignment. The planetary combinations enhance ...

June's full moon is the closest full moon to the summer solstice, which falls on June 21 this year. The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Look toward ...

Vesak Day at London Buddhist Vihara, established by Anagarika Dharmapala in 1926), was leld lasdt week (11). India’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Vikram Kumar Doraiswamy opened a plaque ...

The next full moon, a strawberry moon, will be visible on June 11 at 3:44 a.m., according to Almanac. Ahead of the full moon, the first quarter moon will appear on June 2 at 11:41 p.m ...

These days, however, it rarely sees crowds as big as the 45,000 who flocked there in early May for the annual Vesak Day celebration of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death. Built in the ...