A mother helps her child to rotate prayer wheel around Swayambhunath Stupa – a monkey temple during celebration the 2,560th Buddha Purnima festival, Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha at Swayambhunath Stupa – a monkey temple, 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

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A mother helps her child to rotate prayer wheel around Swayambhunath Stupa – a monkey temple during celebration the 2,560th Buddha Purnima festival, Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha at Swayambhunath Stupa – a monkey temple, 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 (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press)

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