Today 5th May is the holy Buddhist Purnima Buddhist Baisakhi Purnima is the commemorative day of the three events of Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana (death). On this day, the Buddhists also celebrated the Buddha Jayanti day in the mood of festival, excitement and celebration at Dakshin Hurua ‘Jyothivan Buddha Temple’ in Dharmanagar, Uttar district. On this day, Buddha Puja, lamp lighting, religious discussion meeting, collective prayer, discussion meeting are held in the temple.
According to Buddhism, Gautama Buddha appeared on this day two and a half thousand years ago
In an interview on this day, the front of the Jyotivan Buddha Temple said, “Mahamati Buddha’s philosophy and life philosophy play an important role in preventing the degradation of values in a turbulent and intolerant world, preventing wars, conflicts between religions and races, and establishing peace in the society.”