Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, all believed to have occurred under a full moon. Celebrated across Asia and beyond, it involves lanterns, offerings, processions, ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — It was time to reclaim the holiday. To put the Buddha back into Vesak, so to speak. But as Sri Lankans prepared to celebrate Vesak, the holiday this week commemorating Buddha’s ...

Sri Lankan Catholics took to community service and almsgiving for the festival of Vesak in a show of religious harmony and reconciliation amid stiff economic challenges facing the Indian Ocean island ...

The Buddhist Vesak festival celebrations in Sri Lanka have evolved into an interreligious affair, with more Hindus and Christians participating in the festivities, observers say. Christians and Hindus ...

Monday, May 12, 2025 is Vesak Day, the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. Traditions vary across Asia. In East Asian Buddhist schools, Vesak celebrates the birth of Buddha. In ...