This festival during the month of Vaisakh, May, is a triple whammy of Buddhist feasts celebrating the Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death all in one.

Unsurprisingly, Buddhist sacred sites and temples all over India are inundated by as many pilgrims as can feasibly fit into them. The crowds tend to be made up of more than just Indians - devotees from all over the world journey to their favorite place for this event.

The style of celebrations varies across the sub-continent, but all are awesome to be a part of as a spectator or devotee. In Sarnath, north of Varanasi, there tends to be a huge colorful fair on the site where the Buddha preached his first sermon. In Gangtok, East Sikkim, the streets fill with shaven-headed, maroon-clad monks who slowly process while meditating on sacred scriptures. If you are near Sanchi or Kusinagar, it's well worth a visit there too.

Although the celebrations tend to be less colorful in Bodhgaya (where Buddha reached enlightenment under the Bodhi tree), there is plenty going on in most of its monasteries, guesthouses and of course, the main temple.
 
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