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Buddha Purnima 2017: Know all about Vesak muhurat, History and Origin
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Buddha Purnima or Buddha Dayn is also known as Vesak. This year Buddha Purnima is being observed on Wednesday. Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti marks Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the full moon in May and it is a gazetted holiday in India.
Gautama Buddha who was known as Siddhartha Gautama was a spiritual teacher on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. The time of Gautama Buddha’s birth and death is uncertain. However, most historians date his lifetime between 563-483 B.C. Most people consider Lumbini, Nepal as birth place of Buddha. Buddha died at the age of 80 at Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh.
It celebrates the basic beliefs of Buddhism – karunaa (kindness) and ahimsa (non-violence).
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