Vesak Festival 🪔

      Vesak🪔 is religious and cultural festival in Sri Lanka. It is celebrated on the day of the full moon in the month of may.

                            Vesak is one of the biggest days of the year and is celebrated by Buddhists all over the world. Buddhists commemorate the important events that took place in the life of Lord buddha 🙏 on this day.

 

                               Frist comes the birth of Siddhartha Gautham in Lumbini. The second event was Siddharta Gauthama's. Supreme attainment as the Buddha 🙏, the Enlightented one. The third event was Lord Buddha's parinibbana over 2500 year ago at Kusinagar.

                                Apart from Sri Lanka, many Asian countries including  India, Japan, Singapore celebrate vesak. Many religious activities are organized during this period in Sri Lanka such as Sil campaigns, Bodhi poojas, Dansalas, Vesak devotional song ( Bakthi gee ), Pandols ( Thoran ) and Lanterns.

                     Being a Sinhala Buddhist, my favorite day is this  Vesak poya day 🪔🙏♥️