Arunachal Celebrates Month Long Saga Dawa Festival
The Saga Dawa festival is being celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh, which has a sizable number of the followers of Mahayana Buddhist communities like the Monpas. It is a highly significant, sacred month-long festival marking the birth, enlightenment, and passing away of Gautama Buddha, informs a facebook friend by sending an inset poster. The significance of the festival is illustrated by an an acrostic on SAGA DAWA S: Sacred month, where blessings do abound, A: All three great moments on hallowed ground. G: Growth from birth, to wisdom's clear bright light, A: And peace in Nirvana, shining ever bright. A: Deep devotion, in lamps that softly gleam, A: All chanting prayers, a spiritual dream. W: Wishes offered, in acts of pure delight, A: And merits grow, with all our loving might.