Staff Reporter:
The Buddhist community yesterday celebrated one of their major religious festivals ‘Madhu Purnima’ in the capital as elsewhere in the country with solemn devotion and traditional enthusiasm.
The Buddhists in Bangladesh, especially in the region of Dhaka, Buddhist populated regions of Chatto-gram and three hill districts celebrated the day as Honey Full Moon Festival or Honey-offering Festival on the day of the full moon in September.
Madhu Purnima, one of the sacred festivals, is celebrated on the day of the full moon in the Bangla month Bhadra, in commemoration of the service and support rendered by the animals of the Parilyeyo forest, India to Buddha.
The main religious congregations were held at Kamalapur Dharmarjik Bouddha Bihar, International Buddhist Monastery at Badda, Ashuliya Bidorshan Bhabona Kendra in Savar, Adibashi Buddhist Temple in Mirpur and other Buddhist temples in the capital.
Besides, the main religious congregations in Chattogram were held at Nandankanon Buddhist Temple, Katalganj Navapandit Bihar, Purnachar International Buddhist Monastery at Devpahar, Mughaltuli Saik-kymuni Shoshan Vihar, Agrabad and Chandgaon Biswamoitri Vihar.
Special prayers seeking continued peace and progress of the nation as well as global peace were also of-fered in all monasteries.
