Buddha Jayanti

Buddha Jayanti and its political significance -by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (Published in Janata in Marathi on 17th May 1941: BAWS, Vol. 20, pp. 327-335) There is no need to tell that Indians love festivals. They spend half of the year in festivity and religious rites. They also give great importance to celebration of birth and […]

Vesak Full Moon Poya Day. Vesak (Buddha Purnima, Buddha Jayanti) is a Buddhist festival that marks Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the full moon in May and it is a gazetted holiday in India. Of all Poya days, the Vesak Full Moon Day is of utmost significance as