Wesak Day 2025. Vesak day is also known as buddha purnima and a major buddhist festival celebrated by all the buddhists throughout the world, with great ceremonial rituals. They also make offerings of candles and flowers—gifts to remind everyone that life is fleeting.

This auspicious day is marked. It marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of the historical buddha, siddhartha gautama, who was born.