Buddha Purnima
Buddha purnima festival is celebrate in Vaishakh month according to hindu calendar or in april or may month.
Buddha Jayanti or also known as Buddha Purnima is the most sacred festivals of Buddhist. Buddha Purnima (Buddha Birthday) is celebrated in remembrance Lord Buddha. Lord Buddha is the founder of Buddhism. This day is the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. It falls on the full moon of the fourth lunar month (month of Vaisakh) i.e. April or May. This day commemorates three important events of Buddha’s life – His birth in 623 BC. – His enlightment i.e. attainment of supreme wisdom, in 588 BC. – His attainment of Nirvana i.e. the complete extinction of his self at the age of 80. This day is a thrice blessed day. Gautam Buddha “lived and died in about the fifth century before the Christian era”. Buddha means “enlightened one” – someone who is completely freefrom all faults and mental obstructions. Gautam Buddha was not a god and the philosophy of Buddhism does not entail any theistic world-view. The teachings of the Buddha are solely to liberate human beings from the misery and sufferings of life.
Significance: According to the Buddhism, sorrow and desire are the main cause of all the evil and suffering of this world.