Buddha Jayanti being celebrated across the Nation

Kathmandu, May 25 – The 2557th Buddha Jayanti is being observed across the country today wishing for peace by organizing special worships, singing hymns and holding discourse.

 

Buddha Jayanti commemorates the day on which Lord Buddha was born, attained enlightenment, and died. The day falls on the full moon day in the Nepali month of Baishakh. Buddhists throughout the world celebrate the day paying obeisance to the Buddha.

 

Devotees especially throng at Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Rishi Pattan and Kushinagar on this day. These places are the four major pilgrimage sites for the Buddhists. Lumbini is where the Buddha was born, Bodhgaya is the place where he attained enlightenment, Rishipattan is the place from where he started to make sermons, and Kushinagar is the place where he died.

 

The government first declared Buddha Jayanti as a public holiday on May 22, 1951. Animal sacrifices on prohibited in this day in Lumbini since February 19, 1956.RSS