Vesak: the thrice-sacred day
Hindu Religious Education · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes
Vesak remembering the Buddha's birth, awakening and passing, kept at the vihara with lamps, sila, dana and metta.
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- Durga Pooja practices at the mandir
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- Gurpurab practices at the gurdwara
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