Culture
Vesak Day: Why Is This Festival Celebrated in Asia?
Vesak Day, also known as Buddha's Birthday, is a spring holiday celebrated in Asia. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Gautama Buddha (563 - 483 B.C.), who was born Prince Siddhartha Gautama in Nepal to King Suddhodana and Queen Maya Devi on the full moon day of May with bright starlight shining down on him.