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An illuminated Vesak observance in Thailand Birth of the Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment Buddha reclining in death A brilliant display for Vesak in Sri Lanka Setting birds free for Vesak Bathing the Buddha Wat Arun: Vesak
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An illuminated Vesak observance in Thailand
Buddhist devotees praying during a lantern-lighting event to honor the Buddha for...
© Sirachai Arunrugstichai/Getty Images
Birth of the Buddha
The Buddha's mother, Maha Maya, holding onto a tree and giving birth to the Buddha...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Purchase, Gift of Dr. Mortimer D. Sackler, Theresa Sackler and Family, and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 2007 (2007.305); www.metmuseum.org
Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment
Touching the ground with his right hand, the Buddha calls upon the earth to witness...
Photograph by sisleyceli. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from the Nasli and Alice Heeramaneck Collection, Museum Associates Purchase, M.73.4.11
Buddha reclining in death
In this giant 12th-century statue measuring 46 feet (14 meters) long, the Buddha...
© Photos.com/Jupiterimages
A brilliant display for Vesak in Sri Lanka
Bright lights decorating a torana (gateway) during Vesak, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Shehal Joseph
Setting birds free for Vesak
Buddhists releasing birds during Vesak celebrations at a temple in Denpasar Bali,...
© Made Nagi–EPA/Shutterstock.com
Bathing the Buddha
At a Mahayana celebration of Phat Dan (Vesak) in Vietnam, a monastic bathes a statue...
© Godong—Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Wat Arun: Vesak
Interior of the Wat Arun (Temple of the Dawn), Bangkok, Thailand, during Vesak, the...
Ewing Galloway
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