Buddha Jayanti

                   Buddha jayanti is the main festivals for the Buddhist. It is also known as the Buddha Purnima falls on the full moon day of Baisakh. Buddha jayanti in fact commemorates the three important phases of Buddhist life his birth enlightenment and his nirvana (demise).

                              The founder of peace and the non-violence Gautam Buddha was born as the crown prince to his parents-king Suddhodana and queen Mayadevi in the lumbini on the full moon day of the Baisak over 2,500 years ago.It was on the same day that he get enlightenment in Bodhgaya and coincident passed away into nirvana at Kushinagar in India on the very day.Unfortunately, Mayadevi died a few days after she gave birth to her great son. He was christened Siddhartha and was brought up in royal care and comfort. From his childhood, Siddhartha was very kind clever and thoughtful. King Suddhodana taught him the arts political and warfare so as to prepare him successful king in future. Further, the king even arranged the marriage his son and he was married to a girls Yashudara. They gave birth to a baby- Rahul in due course of time. But, all this could not arrest Siddhartha attention. He was thoughtful on something beyond the worldly and royal luxuries. He was profoundly down-hearted by seeing the old, dissed and dead man.

             The sight of old age, sickness, and death stroke Siddhartha so much that he decided himself to renounce the worldly things. He commenced to think on how the entire human kind could be freed from such worldly sorrows. Consequently, he abandoned his royal palace in search of the ultimate ready to make the mankind quite happy. He continued his adventures journey to accomplished his mission despite immense hardships. He went on fasting and meditating for plural days but nothing gained he become frailer. So he started to meditate by eating food and giving to the local people. Eventually it was after many years under a Bunyan tree on the full moon day of Baishakh that Siddhartha attained the utter knowledge. Since then he become the Lord Buddha which means the enlightenment. He got the ultimate solution to all the worldly sorrows and sufferings.

          Not only this he was also known as the Light of Asia. He continued preaching at different places for nearly 45 years until he passed away at the age of 80 in kushinagar, indai. It was a wonderful coincidence that Gautam Buddha was born, enlightened and died on the very full moon day of Baisahash.

             On this pious,l many ceremonies are held a round Buddhist shrines and stupas like Lumbini the birth pl;ace of the lord Buddha, Swayambhu stupa on the hillock to the west of Kathmandu and such as many different stupas around the Nepal that are present in the Nepal.In this day mainly the pooja or the programs are held on the different stupas, gumba and other religious place.Sacred pauba scroll paintings and Buddha images are put on the public place to display.Most important at Anandakuti Bihar a relic ( a silver of bone from the body) of the lord Buddha is brought out to  pay homage from the devotees. As the night falls the stupas Bihars and even the houses are illuminated with multi colors or the different light of candles butter lamps.