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Detailed explanation-1: -This year, Buddha Purnima will be celebrated on May 16, 2022. It is believed that Gautama Buddha obtained Enlightenment on this day. Buddha Purnima is also known as Buddha Jayanti, Vesak, Vaishaka and Buddha’s Birthday. This is believed to be the 2584th Birth Anniversary of Gautama Buddha.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is celebrated on the Full Moon Day of May (Vaisakh) and is celebrated as the thrice blessed day as all the important events in the life of Lord Buddha - His birth in Lumbini, His attainment of Enlightenment in Buddhagaya and entering into Mahaparinirvana in Kusinagar took place on this eventful day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hence, this day is also known as Vaisakhi Buddha Purnima or Vesak. This year, it will be celebrated on Monday, May 16. Buddha Purnima significance: Buddha Jayanti is one of the most sacred Buddhist festivals celebrated in honour of Gautama Buddha who got liberated from the cycle of birth and rebirth.

Detailed explanation-4: -Vesak (Buddha Purnima, Buddha Jayanti) is a Buddhist festival that marks Gautama Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the Full Moon in April or May and it is a gazetted holiday in India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vesak, also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, and Buddha Day, is a holiday observed by Buddhists and some Hindus. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as Buddha. All these important events are said to have happened on the same day throughout his life.