Buddha Jayanti

Buddha Jayanti is the birth day of Lord Gautam Budhha.  Budhha’s original name was Sidhartha Gautam. Siddhartha Gautam was born about 543 BC in Kapilvastu of Nepal

This year Buddha Purnima is on Baishak 24, 2069, which is May 6, 2012 in English calendar.  This year Lord Buddha becomes 2556 years old. Buddha left his physical body at the age of 80. There he attained “Pari Nirvana”. Nirvana is beyond life and death.