Last Saturday at Battery Park, a group of Burlington’s Nepali residents celebrated Sansari Puja, or Mother Nature worship. The annual event organized by the Kirat Rai and Limbu communities is intended ...

This is part of a regular series featuring religious and other holidays celebrated by various faiths in our community. Over the year, we'll take a look at various faith-based holidays and explain who, ...

Behrampore, Nov. 15 : Behrampore, Nov. 15: Defying chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's ban on any worship inside police establishments, Kali Puja was performed at the sprawling Behrampore police ...

This year Vesak is more significant than in other years. The 2550th Sambuddha Jayanthi is being celebrated this year marking the completion of 2550 years after the passing-away of the Buddha. Fifty ...

Lakshmi Puja is celebrated in the Purnima after the Durga Puja festival ends. Goddess Lakshmi is worshipped as the goddess of ...

Buddha Purnima 2020: The festival is celebrated as the day when Lord Buddha descended on the earth. As per the Vedic literature, Lord Buddha is an incarnation of Lord Vishnu and hence, he appeared on ...

Buddha Purnima is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Siddhartha Gautama or Gautam Buddha. On this auspicious day, Buddhists and Buddhism followers from all over the world offer their respect ...

Malda, Oct. 1: The organisers of a Durga puja here have found themselves in the deep end with the district administration asking them to remodel the idols which resemble the Buddha. Abhijan Sangha, ...

Buddhists observed Probarona Purnima at monasteries across the country, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts and coastal region, yesterday with due religious fervour. As part of the rituals, devotees ...

Buddha Purnima is observed to commemorate the birth of Gautama Buddha. The day is marked in the Vaishakha month of the Hindu calendar. This year, the Buddha Purnima falls on May 16. Gautama Buddha, ...