Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Lumbini in Nepal on Buddha Purnima, seeking to settle the controversy over the Buddha’s birthplace and create a footprint for India at one of Buddhism’...

Rangan Datta is a mathematics and management teacher by profession and a travel writer and photographer by passion. He has been addicted to discovering off-beat places since his undergraduate day...

Covid vaccination, as well as immunisation of children, will remain closed on Wednesday at all clinics run by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation because of Buddha Purnima. All clinics will, however, ...

A group of monks from a city Buddhist monastery distributed personal protection equipment to doctors and health workers on the occasion of Buddha Purnima on Thursday.At least 100 sets of PPE were hand...

The Buddhist monasteries in Assam restricted Buddha Jayanti celebration to religious rituals in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.Deviating from its tradition of hosting a huge congregation, the historic ...

Today (Saturday) is Buddha Purnima. It is The day that the Shakya prince Siddhartha Gautama became enlightened through meditation and became the Buddha. He subsequently taught meditation as an essenti...