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Buddh Purnima  
   

Buddh Purnima

Poya Day (Full-moon day) is considered very auspicious among the Buddhists. Especially the Poya day of the month of May (aka Vesak) is the day when Lord Buddha was born and also attained Nirvana. This pic was taken on Vesak which happened to be the 2600th year of Lord Buddha's Nirvana!
Highlights of Lanka

May 7th 2011
(This post is an overview of my Sri Lanka trip. There will be location specific posts of our whole expedition - hopefully soon!.) Last year was very hectic for both of us and excluding a couple of short trips we pretty much didn't travel at all! Fortunately this May, both of us could take some time off together. We initially considered a number of places but zeroed down to Sri Lanka due to plet ... read more
Asia » Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Flag The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more
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