Visakhapuja means "worship on the full-moon day of the 6th lunar month". And this is done to commemorate the Birth, Enlightenment and passing of the Buddha on that day. A mural of Chaiyathit Temple depicts the scene of the Lord Buddha's birth. It is a very rare coincidence that all the three important events in the Buddha's life should have occurred on the same day in different years. But according to Buddhist scriptures, the Buddha was born on the full-moon day of the 6th lunar month of the year 623 B.C., attained enlightenment on the full-moon day of the 6th lunar month of 588 B.C., and passed into nirvana on the full-moon day of the 6th lunar month of 543 B.C. A mural at Phuttha Prathip Temple, London, depicts the Buddha entering nirvana. With such a significance, on December 15,1999, Visakhapuja Day was declared by the United Nations to be one of the world's important days.
Buddhist Activities: The same as those of Maghapuja Day.