A special campaign to promote Buddhism ahead of the Visakha Bucha Day has officially begun on Wednesday.
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn traveled, on Wednesday evening, by the royal motorcade to Sanam Luang, to officially open the Buddhism Promotion Week.
The special Buddhism promotion campaign was introduced under the collaboration of the National Office of Buddhism, various Buddhist networks, and related state as well as private organizations.
The campaign has been initiated to celebrate 2,600 years of Lord Buddha’s enlightenment or Buddha Jayanti and the Visakha Bucha Day, which has been declared the World Heritage Day in 1999.
The organizing body also intended to organize the event as a tribute to His Majesty the King on his 85th birthday anniversary, Her Majesty the Queen on her 80th birthday anniversary and HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn on his 60th birthday anniversary in 2012.
On Thursday, HRH Princess Chulabhorn will open the 9th International Visakha Bucha Day celebration at Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University in Ayutthaya Province.
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