Visak Bochea

Buddha Day

Each year, Visak Bochea festival commemorates the anniversary of the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and death. Every year, Visak Bochea Day, also known as Buddha Day and Buddha’s Birthday, which is a traditional holiday celebrated throughout the world by Hindus and Buddhists alike, is also celebrate in Angkor Wat. Hundreds of monks gather to the pagodas around Angkor area and inside the largest religious temple of the world for a very special and unique moment.

Personal project

20 May 2016

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