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Buddha Purnima

Vaishakha Purnima, remembered as the birth, awakening and passing of the Buddha.

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How the date is fixed

Buddha Purnima falls on the full-moon day (Purnima) of the lunar month Vaishakha. The date is the day on which that tithi is running at sunrise (the usual rule, called udaya tithi).

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Buddha Purnima is the full moon of Vaishakha, in late April or May. Tradition places the Buddha's birth at Lumbini, his awakening at Bodh Gaya and his parinirvana at Kushinagar all on this tithi. The tithi at sunrise fixes the day in India; Theravada countries use their own calendars and the dates can differ by a day or a month. It is a gazetted holiday and the main day of pilgrimage at Bodh Gaya and Sarnath.

How it is observed

Offerings at viharas, readings of the suttas and the release of caged birds in some regions.

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