Buddha Purnima honours the birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, who was born in 623 BC in Lumbini, Nepal. While the exact date of his birth remains unknown, traditions celebrate ...

The newly-formed Himalayan Art Council is set to launch Nepal’s National Art Protection Platform that seeks to preserve Nepal’s unique cultural heritage using AI-powered tools. The Council seeks to ...

The birthday of the Buddha is a holy occasion for all his followers, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the ...

Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak or Buddha Jayanti ... was born around 563 BCE in Lumbini (present-day Nepal). At the age of a mere 35 years, he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree ...

After two years together, Ramita and Shilu—both pseudonyms to protect their identities—traveled to Sindhuli this month to register their marriage under Nepal’s June 2023 Supreme Court ruling ...

Unlike many of her classmates, Purnima Maharjan didn’t grow up in an online world. The University of Nebraska at Kearney senior was raised in a small community in Nepal, where only the wealthy ...

A devotee offers milk while praying in a temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima festival in Kolkata, India, Monday, May 12, ...

Buddha Purnima marks the birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha, who was born in Lumbini, in present day Nepal. He attained salvation in Kushinagar, located on the Uttar Pradesh-Bihar border.

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Buddha Purnima, describing it as a defining moment that outlined India’s new ...

On the auspicious occasion of Vaishakha Purnima, thousands of devotees gathered at the sacred Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Monday, May 12, 2025, to take a holy dip in the confluence of the Ganga ...

Buddha Purnima, also called Vaisakhi Buddha Purnima, is a festival that celebrates the birth of Gautam Buddha, who is the founder of Buddhism. In 2025, people around the world will come together ...