‘Vesak Mela’ gets under way today in capital
The celebrations will begin with participation of Buddhist monks from Bhutan and Sri Lanka
The celebrations will begin with participation of Buddhist monks from Bhutan and Sri Lanka. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
It is an annual feature for Pakistan to host Vesak Mela (festival), which marks the celebrations of birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. The arrangements for ‘Vesak Mela’ have been finalised by National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH) Division.
Buddhist monks as well as a number of visitors from Sri Lanka and Bhutan reached Pakistan on Sunday to attend ‘Vesak Mela’. Joint Secretary NH&LH Division along with Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan, Jayanath C.P. Lokuketagodage received the delegations. The opening ceremony of the festival will be held on Monday at the hotel, which will be attended by Secretary NH&LH Division Engineer Aamir Hasan, Joint Secretary Syed Junaid Ikhlaq and other officials.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 22nd, 2017.
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