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Buddha Purnima is celebrated on the birthday of Gautama Buddha. It is a Buddhist festival and holiday celebrated mostly in East Asia. It commemorates the birth of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later Gautama Buddha and founder of Buddhism. It is celebrated in South and Southeast Asia as Vesak, with greater emphasis on Buddha's knowledge and death. Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini in c.563-480 BC as given in Theravada Tripitaka Shastras. Lumbini is modern Nepal and is raised in Kapilavastu, the Shakya capital of Nepal.

However, the exact dates of Buddha's birthday are based on the Asian lunar calendar. The date of the Buddha's birthday celebration may vary from year to year according to the Western Gregorian calendar, but most often it falls in the month of April or May.