The Galadari Colombo recently held its annual Vesak Lantern Competition. This is the ideal opportunity for all departments of the hotel to showcase their creative and artistic skills and to build ...

A Buddhist monk says that a lantern competition organized by Buddhist students in a Catholic school just north of Colombo to mark Vesak has united students of the two communities. Venerable Kossinne ...

Vesak Day celebrates Buddha Gautama, the Great Teacher or Spiritual Guru around the 5th century BC. Also known as Siddhartha Gautama, he was born into royalty but believed that wealth did not ...

Every spring, thousands of monks gather at the ancient Borobudur Temple in Java, Indonesia, on the most important day on the Buddhist calendar: Buddha Day. Also known as Waisak Day or Vesak Day, the ...

Seylan Bank recently hosted the Tikiri Vesak lantern competition to harness the creativity and potential of young minds. The event was launched as a digital engagement campaign on Facebook to ...

Thousands gathered in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the UN Day of Vesak with a glowing lantern ceremony symbolizing compassion and unity. On the evening of May 6, Minister of Ethnic and Religious ...