Java: Vesak Fest at Borobudur Temple This Weekend


May 6: The most auspicious day on the Buddhist calendar, Vesak (also spelled Waisak) marks the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and entrance into final Nirvana. Celebrated by Buddhist communities worldwide, it is well worth taking in at Central Java’s Borobudur temple, a point of pilgrimage for hundreds of saffron-robed monks on this day.

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