Preparing to celebrate Vesak

30 April 2012 01:43 am

Sri Lankan artisan P. Edirisinghe works on Buddhist statues in Dompe, on the outskirts of Colombo, on April, 2012. Sri Lankan Buddhists are preparing to celebrate Vesak, which commemorates the birth of Buddha, his attaining enlightenment and his passing away on the full moon day of May which falls on May 5 this year. AFP