About 2600 year ago in the year 563 B.C. Shakya queen Mayadavi of Kapilvastu gave
birth to a divine child, Siddartha G Gautain, at the sacred Lumbini Garden when she was going to ir her father's home at Devdaha. Years later, the Prince Siddartha N left home in the dead of the night It abandoning his wife Yashodhara G and son Rahul in search of the o key to peace and harmony in ta the world. Following years ir of travelling, learning and v. meditation, Siddhartha attained is enlightenment and went on to become Buddha. Not only the r Buddhists but the Hindus also al worship Buddha as the ninth al incarnation of lord Vishnu. C Buddha's birthday that falls on A the Baisakh Purnima (the full ti moon day of the first month of Hindu lunar calendar) is celebrated as an important C festival by the Buddhists as well as the Hindus. The festival is observed with much enthusiasm 1 at various Buddhist shrines and monasteries throughout Nepal. A grand ceremony is organised at Buddha's birthplace in Lumbini, where special prayers are performed. An idol procession of Buddha is also carried out in Lumbini. Special prayers are organized in Kathmandu's Swayambhunath, Bouddhanath and other stupas on the day of Buddha Jayanti.
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