Devotees across India celebrated Buddha Purnima with spiritual fervour on Monday, May 12, offering prayers, participating in processions and performing other traditional rituals. The festival, which commemorates the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha and is also believed to be the day of his enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana (death), holds immense spiritual significance in Indian culture

Members of the Buddhajan Panchayat Samiti on Saturday staged a protest in Fort area of south Mumbai against Bodh Gaya Temple Act. Pics/Dweep Bane