Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be celebrated across the country today with due religious fervour.
The occasion marks three most important events in the life of Buddha — his advent, enlightenment and nirvana — about 2,500 years back.
On this day in 563 BC, Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautam in Kopilabastu at the foothills of the Himalayas. He attained supreme enlightenment at the age of 35 and finally departed into ‘nirvana’ at the age of 80 in 483 BC.
The Buddhist community will celebrate the occasion in all monasteries through a daylong programme.
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