A Vendor carries offered butter lamps at the Boudhanath stupa, one of the largest stupas in the world during celebration the 2,560th Buddha Purnima festival, Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha at Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu on May 21, 2016. Buddhists around the world, Cambodia; Thailand; Myanmar; Bhutan; Sri Lanka; Laos; Mongolia; Japan; Singapore; Taiwan including Nepal, observe Buddha Purnima festival which falls on the same day of full moon of the month calendar. The occasion offerings of flower, incense and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons and group meditat


A Vendor carries offered butter lamps at the Boudhanath stupa, one of the largest stupas in the world during celebration the 2,560th Buddha Purnima festival, Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha at Boudhanath Stupa, Kathmandu on May 21, 2016. Buddhists around the world, Cambodia; Thailand; Myanmar; Bhutan; Sri Lanka; Laos; Mongolia; Japan; Singapore; Taiwan including Nepal, observe Buddha Purnima festival which falls on the same day of full moon of the month calendar. The occasion offerings of flower, incense and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons and group meditations. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press)


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