Buddha Purnima is more than a just a gazetted holiday in India. It marks the birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha and is a Buddhist festival that's celebrated all over Indian, and even in some South-East Asian countries including Nepal.
Also known as Vesak, Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti, the festival celebrates the birth of Siddhartha Gautam, who later became Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism.
In the burst of illumination
he discovered the meaning
of existence and became
Lord Buddha
Warm Greetings
on Buddha Jayanti…