Buddhist Festivals

Hemis Festival

Hemis Festival

Hemis festival of Leh Ladakh is one of the major Buddhist festival celebrated as birthday of Guru Padmasambhava also known as Lord Rimpoche – the representative reincarnation of Buddha . Although the birthday of Guru Padmasambhava is celebrated by all the Buddhists all over India, the Hemis festival celebrated in the Hemis Monastery located 40 kms away from Leh...

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Buddha Purnima- Vesak Day

Buddha Purnima- Vesak Day

The Vesak day observed as Buddha Purnima is the most auspicious and sacred day of the Buddhist calendar. The Vesak festival falls on the full moon day (Purnima) of the Vaisakha month and thus called Buddha Purnima – the Full Moon Day of Buddha. This coincides with the months of April-May of Gregorian calendar. Buddha Poornima festival commemorates the...

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