Colombo’s iconic Lotus Tower is set to host a groundbreaking cultural event this Vesak season with Pixel Bloom. They present South Asia’s first immersive digital art experience celebrating the birth, ...

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A transformative new chapter in the region’s cultural and technological landscape unfolds with Pixel Bloom at the Colombo Lotus Tower, now open to the public. From May 10th to 18th, visitors of all ...

Vesak is a Buddhist festival that is usually celebrated in May or early June. It celebrates Buddha’s birthday. For some Buddhists, it also marks his enlightenment, which is when he found out what life ...

A Buddhist devotee prays during Vesak celebrations at a Buddhist temple in Kuala Lumpur. © Mohd Firdaus/Demotix/Corbis Buddhist devotees pour water onto a small ...

Lanterns illuminated the evening sky, earthen lamps dotted the road and pathways and lights decked up the entire building of Nawaloka Hospital when President Maithripala Sirisena inaugurated the Vesak ...

In celebration of Vesak Day 2025, a roundtable and book launching ceremony was held today at the Kohsar Block, Pak Secretariat on Friday. Organised by the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation ...

The government is in discussions to get financial aid from the United Nations for its 2024 State Vesak festival, Minister of Religious and Cultural Affairs Vidura Wickramanayake has said. The Chinese ...

A 19th-century woodblock collection has been revived to celebrate Vesak 2025, drawing crowds to admire Buddhist art and tradition. A recreated version of the 19th-century woodblock print collection ...

Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha It falls on the first full moon of the ancient lunar month of Vesakha, which is usually in ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (RNS) — With all temples in Malaysia closed to the public in an effort to curb the coronavirus outbreak, the country’s 5.4 million Buddhists — the second largest faith group in ...