1,200 celebrate Wesak at Borobudur

Faithful followers: Monks and devotees lighting lanterns at the Borobudur Temple. — AFP

HUNDREDS of lanterns were released into the sky by Indonesian Buddhists celebrating Wesak Day at the temple of Borobudur for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit the country.

More than a thousand Buddhists from across the archipelago gathered at the largest Buddhist temple in the world, situated in Magelang, Central Java, to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha Siddharta Gautama.