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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall be participating in the Buddha Purnima celebrations on May 7, 2020. Union Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel and Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Youth Affairs & Sports KirenRijiju shall also be participating at the event.
Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), a global Buddhist umbrella organisation, is holding a Virtual Prayer Event with the participation of all the supreme heads of the Buddhist Sanghas from around the world.
PM Narendra Modi shall be delivering the keynote address in the morning at 8 am. The address by the Prime Minister will be live telecast on DD News.
Buddha Purnima celebrations are being held through a Virtual Visak day owing to the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic across the globe. It is also being dedicated as Global Prayer Week in honour of the victims and the frontline warriors of COVID-19.
Prayer ceremonies on the occasion will be streamed live from the Sacred Garden Lumbini, Nepal, Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya, India, Mulgandha Kuti Vihara, Sarnath, India, Parinirvana Stupa, Kushinagar, India, Pirith Chanting from RuwanweliMaha Seya on the sacred and historic Anuradhapura stupa premises, Sri Lanka, Boudhanath, Swayambhu, Namo Stupa, Nepal, apart from other popular Buddhist sites, according to a PIB release.
The programme will be live streamed on FB live, YouTube from IBC social media handles as well as on Mandala mobile app.
The links are as under:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4L9AkYfs104qBylCrAaRBQ
https://www.facebook.com/ibcworld.org/
www.mandalaapp.org.
Vesak- Buddha Poornima, is considered the Triple Blessed Day as Tathagata Gautam Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment, and Maha Parnirvana.