Buddha Purnima
27 May,2010
This festival is held in Leh Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir |
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Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti, the birth anniversary of the Buddha, is the most important festival of the Buddhists and is celebrated with great enthusiasm. This festival falls on full moon day in the month of April. It was on this same day that Buddha got enlightenment and also attained Nirvana or salvation. So, the Buddhists consider the day to be more auspicious than any other day of the year. It is also believed that Yashodara, Gautam's wife, his charioteer Channa and even his horse Kantaka were born on the same day.
Buddhism is one of the most ancient and highly philosophical Indian traditions. "Buddha" means "Awakened One", someone who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and sees things as they actually are. Buddhism is Buddha's teachings and the inner experiences or realizations of these teachings. Buddha has eighty-four thousand teachings. All these teachings and the inner realizations of them constitute Buddhism.
Bodh Gaya in Bihar and Sarnath in Uttar Pradesh are the main centers of celebration of this festival. Besides these two, areas with large Buddhist population like Ladakh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh also celebrate this festival with great devotion and enthusiasm. |
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