Seoul, South Korea. 09th May, 2023. A South Korean child monk attends an event to celebrate the upcoming Buddha's birthday (May 27, 2023 of KST) at Jogye Temple in Seoul. Young children are annually invited to become Buddhist monks for a three-week period. Buddha's Birthday is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of East Asia and South Asia commemorating the birth of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Gautama Buddha, who was the founder of Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal. Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News
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A South Korean child monk attends an event to celebrate the upcoming Buddha's birthday (May 27, 2023 of KST) at Jogye Temple in Seoul. Young children are annually invited to become Buddhist monks for a three-week period. Buddha's Birthday is a Buddhist festival that is celebrated in most of East Asia and South Asia commemorating the birth of the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Gautama Buddha, who was the founder of Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal. In South Korea, it is celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month in the lunar calendar. The date varies from year to year in the Western Gregorian calendar but usually falls in April or May. In leap years it may be celebrated in June.
