"BIRTH OF BUDDHA"

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26 May 2025

A Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhist woman dresses in traditional attire during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Buddhist monks and nuns from various Buddhist sects listen to prayers during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Buddhist monks and nuns from various Buddhist sects listen to prayers during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Buddhist monks and nuns from various Buddhist sects perform prayers during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Buddhist monks and nuns from various Buddhist sects listen to prayers during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

A Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhist youth dressed in traditional attire plays a tune on a small pipe during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhists play a rhythmic tune on traditional drums as they participate in a religious procession during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Buddhist monks and nuns from various Buddhist sects take part in a religious procession during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Sri Lankan Sinhalese Buddhists play a rhythmic tune on traditional drums as they participate in a religious procession during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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26 May 2025

Buddhist monks and nuns from various Buddhist sects take part in a religious procession during the festival of Vesak in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Vesak, also known as Wesak, is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of Lord Buddha. This festival is the largest Buddhist gathering in Canada.

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12 May 2025

Dipankar Buddha places offerings at the premises of Chiloncho Stupa during the celebration of the Buddha Purnima festival, the Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, on May 12, 2025. Buddhists around the world, including those in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Nepal, observe the Buddha Purnima festival, which falls on the same day as the full moon of the month. The occasion includes offerings of flowers, incense, and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons, and group meditations.

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12 May 2025

Dipankar Buddha places offerings at the premises of Chiloncho Stupa during the celebration of the Buddha Purnima festival, the Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, on May 12, 2025. Buddhists around the world, including those in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Nepal, observe the Buddha Purnima festival, which falls on the same day as the full moon of the month. The occasion includes offerings of flowers, incense, and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons, and group meditations.

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12 May 2025

Dipankar Buddha places offerings at the premises of Chiloncho Stupa during the celebration of the Buddha Purnima festival, the Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, in Kirtipur, Kathmandu, on May 12, 2025. Buddhists around the world, including those in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Nepal, observe the Buddha Purnima festival, which falls on the same day as the full moon of the month. The occasion includes offerings of flowers, incense, and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons, and group meditations.

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12 May 2025

Nepalese devotees offer ritual prayer at the premises of Chiloncho Stupa during the celebration of the Buddha Purnima festival, the birth anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, in Chiloncho, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, on May 12, 2025. Buddhists around the world, including those in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Nepal, observe the Buddha Purnima festival, which falls on the same day as the full moon of the month calendar. The occasion includes offerings of flowers, incense, and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons, and group meditations.

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12 May 2025

Nepalese devotees offer ritual prayer at the premises of Chiloncho Stupa during the celebration of the Buddha Purnima festival, the birth anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, in Chiloncho, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, on May 12, 2025. Buddhists around the world, including those in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Nepal, observe the Buddha Purnima festival, which falls on the same day as the full moon of the month calendar. The occasion includes offerings of flowers, incense, and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons, and group meditations.

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12 May 2025

Nepalese devotees offer ritual prayer at the premises of Chiloncho Stupa during the celebration of the Buddha Purnima festival, the birth anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha, in Chiloncho, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, on May 12, 2025. Buddhists around the world, including those in Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Laos, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and Nepal, observe the Buddha Purnima festival, which falls on the same day as the full moon of the month calendar. The occasion includes offerings of flowers, incense, and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons, and group meditations.

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