Washington DC: Representative Ngodup Tsering attended the Monlam prayers to commemorate Buddha Purnima also known in Tibetan as Saka Dawa at the newly opened Ragya Mahayana Buddhist Cultural Center at West Virginia on the invitation by His Eminence Shingza Rinpoche.
Buddhists worldwide observe Buddha Purnima as the day that commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death(parinirvana) of the Buddha Shakyamuni.
–Filed by OOT, Washington