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Sri Lanka declares National Vesak Week to mark most significant event for Buddhists all over world
On May 15, Sri Lanka has declared a National Vesak Week to mark the most significant event for Buddhists all over the world. The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Buddhahood), and death (Parinirv?na) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition. The Vesak Festival- 2019 will be held under tight security and people have ..
Topics: Birthdays • Buddha's Birthday • Buddhist holidays • Calendars • Festivals • Gautama Buddha • Holidays • Maithripala Sirisena • Public holidays in Nepal • Vesak
Mahatma Gandhi’s bust to be unveiled in Croatia on 2nd October
President Ram Nath Kovind on his visit to Croatia has announced to gift a sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi, gifted to mark the 150 birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation. The sculpture will be unveiled on 2nd October, 2019 on the occasion of ‘Gandhi Jayanti’. On 2nd October, Gandhiji’s bust will be unveiled in ..
Topics: Birthdays • Croatia • Gandhi Jayanti • Indian people • Mahatma Gandhi • Public holidays in India • Ram Nath Kovind
Lumbini hosts 2018 International Buddhist Conference
On April 29, the 2018 International Buddhist Conference was held in Lumbini, the birth place of Gautama Buddha. It was organised as part of 2562nd Buddha Jayanti celebrations. The basic purpose of the conference was to disseminate teachings of Gautam Buddha and spread the messages of nonviolence, brotherhood, co-existence, love and peace to the international ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Topics: Birthdays • Buddha's Birthday • Buddhism • Buddhism in Nepal • Buddhist holidays • Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal • Calendars • Gautama Buddha • Lumbini • Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini • religion • Rupandehi District
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Non-Violence observed on 2 October
The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Non-Violence is observed every year on October 2 to mark the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence. The day is an occasion to disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness. This ..
Topics: Activism • Activists • Birthdays • Gandhi Jayanti • Indian Hindus • Indian independence movement • Indian nationalists • Indian people • International Day of Non-Violence • Mahatma Gandhi • Nonviolence • Public holidays in India