Buddha Purnima

In 2020, Buddha Purnima is being celebrated on 7^th May.

The day falls on the Poornima (full moon) of the Hindu month Vaishakha (April or May).
It marks the birth anniversary of Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism.

He was born as Siddhartha Gautama in circa 563 BCE, in a royal family in Lumbini which is situated near the Indo-Nepal border.
His family belonged to the Sakya clan which ruled from Kapilvastu, Lumbini.
At the age of 29, Gautama left home and rejected his life of riches and embraced a lifestyle of asceticism or extreme self-discipline.
After 49 consecutive days of meditation, Gautam attained Bodhi (enlightenment) under a pipal tree at Bodhgaya, Bihar.
Buddha gave his first sermon in the village of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. This event is known as Dharma Chakra Pravartana (turning of the wheel of law).
He died at the age of 80 in 483 BCE at Kushinagara, Uttar Pradesh. The event is known as Mahaparinibban or Mahaparinirvana.
He is believed to be the eighth of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu (Dashavatar).