Buddhists to celebrate Prabarana Purnima today
Buddhists in Bangladesh will celebrate Prabarana Purnima – their second-largest religious festival – Sunday. This full moon day signifies the end of the three-month Lent of Bhikkhus. To mark the day, Buddhists fly lighted balloons made of thin papers, also called Phanus Baji, in the evening. When Buddha renounced the world, he cut his hair and threw it into the air, saying,
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