The Ministry of Culture along with IBC will celebrate the auspicious day of Vaisakh Purnima with reverence and piety today. International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in coordination with the Himalayan Buddhist Culture Association (HBCA) will be celebrating the event at the National Museum, New Delhi.
Various autonomous Buddhist organisations and grantee Institutions under the Ministry of Culture are organising several programmes/events on the occasion.
All the staff and 600 students of the Central Institute of Buddhist Studies(CIBS), Leh will participate in the grand celebrations being organized by Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) & Ladakh Gonpa Association (LGA) at the Polo Ground in Leh. On this occasion ‘Mangalacharan’ (Invocation Prayer) will be performed by the students of the CIBS, Leh. Besides, there will be a display of two tableaus depicting the birth and delivery of the First Sermon of Buddha, prepared by the students of CIBS, Leh, U.T. of Ladakh.
Organization of ‘Buddha Jayanti Samaroh’ at 6:00 AM will be followed by the release of the 63rd edition of the research magazine, “DHIH” on this occasion by Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Sarnath.
Traditional Pooja will be performed at the Buddha Temple by the monk-students of Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (NNM), Nalanda, Bihar, followed by a one-day national seminar on the topic, ‘Buddhism and Bihar’.
There will be performance of puja ceremony and other rituals as well as organization of debate competition on this auspicious occasion by the Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies (CIHCS), Dahung, Arunachal Pradesh.
Gentse Gaden Rabgyel Ling (GRL) Monastery, Arunachal Pradesh will be holding a World Peace Prayer and ‘Mangalacharan’ through its Monk students on the occasion.
An observance of the Aspirational Bodhisattva Vow will be held in the Tibet House, to celebrate this day.
