PHOTOS: Buddha Purnima 2018: Here’s how the world is celebrating the birth of Gautam Buddha | The Indian Express| Page 5

PHOTOS: Buddha Purnima 2018: Here’s how the world is celebrating the birth of Gautam Buddha | The Indian Express| Page 5

Buddha Purnima 2018: Here’s how the world is celebrating the birth of Gautam Buddha

As per the Theravada tradition, they accept his lifetime to be in between 563-483 BC. On the night of the divine conception, his mother dreamt that a white elephant with tusks entered her right side and after ten months, Lord Buddha was born. (Express photo by Partha Paul)