Kathina is an important celebration in the Buddhist calendar. This festival celebrates the Buddhist community joining together to present the monks in their monastery with new robes. Buddhist ...

All dates correspond to the solar calendar. Buddhist dates apply to holidays in most of East Asia; Tibet and Sri Lanka celebrate those holy days on different dates. In addition to its five main ...

The Sikkim government has banned animal slaughter in the state for 15 days, beginning February 28, today, to mark a Buddhist holy fortnight of the Tibetan calendar. All meat shops in Sikkim will ...