True to the Buddhist doctrine – the uncertainty of life, vendors still going ahead with preparing Vesak decorations with no idea whether it will be of any use with the impending travel restrictions ...

Traders selling Vesak decorations say that the price of paper and wire used to make Vesal lanterns as well as the shortage of bamboo has resulted in a significant increase in the price of lanterns and ...

Colombo. May 27: Sri Lankan Buddhists are currently celebrating the two-day Vesak festival. The event, which ends today, commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Siddhārtha Gautama, the ...

Commemorating Vesak this year has been hard hit by electricity costs and soaring prices hikes resulting in pruning down the number of Vesak pandals and decorations as well as Dansals in Colombo, ...

Environment Minister Mahinda Amaraweera appealed to the public not to use polythene and plastic decorations for the Vesak festival. The minister requested a report from the Central Environmental ...

Despite the curfew imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Sri Lankan Buddhists are getting ready to celebrate the Vesak festival, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Lord ...

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa requested everyone to limit the Vesak celebrations to homes as much as possible by maintaining social distancing and following other health instructions to prevent the ...

Having listened to an erudite monk in a YouTube interview lamenting the decline of the Vesak celebrations, I thought of having a relook at the issue. His main contention was that these celebrations, ...

The entire Nation is enveloped in spiritual fervour as it celebrates yet another Vesak Poya Day marking the Birth, Enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha. Religious activities including ...

Catholics across the country joined Buddhists to celebrate Vesak this year by decorating churches, organizing traditional almsgiving and holding interreligious talks and other programs. Father Christy ...

A man installs lantern decorations for the Vesak festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on May 26, 2021. The Vesak festival is one of the holiest festivals celebrated in Sri Lanka as it marks the birth, ...