Sri Lanka – Buddha Day

May 12, 2022

60th Anniversary of Wesak Holiday in Malaysia

An article on how the Wesak Holiday came about in Malaysia, by Achariya S. Vijaya Samarawickrama On 15 May 2022, Buddhists will celebrate the anniversary of the Buddha’s Enlightenment over 2,600 years ago on the full-moon of the Wesak […]

April 28, 2020

How did the Wesak holiday come about?

Buddhists have commemorated the Full-moon day of the Wesak month as a centuries-old tradition after the passing-away of the Buddha. It was only in March 1885 that this day was declared an official holiday in Sri Lanka by the British […]

April 1, 2020

How did the Buddhist Flag come about?

The Buddhist Flag was first hoisted in Sri Lanka on Wesak Day, 28 April 1885, when the country was still under British colonial rule. At that time, the majority Sinhalese Buddhist population felt discriminated against by the colonial authorities when […]