Buddhists on Wednesday celebrated one of their major festivals Ashari Purnima in the city as elsewhere in the district with traditional enthusiasm and solemn devotion.
Members of the Buddhist community celebrated the festival in commemoration of renunciation of the earthly life of Prince Siddharto Goutom and preaching of his first sermon among five disciples after attaining enlightenment.
The festival bears special significance to the monks who will go to three months long seclusion inside their monasteries for atonement of defilement.
The purnima was celebrated in all monasteries and other religious organisations through a day-long programme.
The day's programme was heralded with hoisting of the national and religious flags atop all monasteries, chanting of the sacred verses from the Tripitaka.
Breaking of fasting by the monks, discussion meetings, blood donation and illumination are other highlights of the programmes.
In Chittagong, main religious congregations were held at Nandankanon Buddhist Temple, Katalganj Navapandit Vihar, Purnachar International Buddhist Monastery at Devpahar, Chandgaon Saikkymuni Vihar and Agrabad Biswamoitri Vihar.
Source : New Age
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