For this, Buddhist devotees gather in their respective area temple before dawn and attend the honourable hoisting of the Buddhist flag. Hymns are sung exalting the holy triple jewel - the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. Offerings of flowers, candles and joss sticks are made. These offerings are symbolic of the ultimate reality of life - death. As the flowers wither away and the joss sticks burn out in time, so the life is destined to come to an end in due course of time.