Year-long fest to celebrate Wesak Day


Prayer in peace Devotees began praying yesterday at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple in Petaling Jaya in observance of Wesak Day today. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysia Buddhist Festival (MBF) and 19 other Malaysian Buddhist organisations and temples are organising MYWesak60, a year-long celebration to commemorate Wesak Day’s 60th anniversary as a national public holiday.

MBF president Loka Ng Sai Kai urged the Buddhist community to visit Buddhist temples, which are their “Dhamma Home”, after an absence of two years due to Covid-19 restrictions.

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