Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja is held on July 21. This event in the third decade of the month July is annual. Help us
Asalha Puja also known as Asadha Puja or Asanha Bucha in Thailand (Thai: อาสาฬหบูชา) is a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the month of Āsādha.
It is celebrated in Indonesia, Cambodia (ពិធីបុណ្យអាសាឡ្ហបូជា), Thailand, Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar and in countries with Theravada Buddhist populations. In Indonesia, the festival is centered at Mendut Temple and Borobudur Temple, Central Java.
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Children's Day in Indonesia on July 23 (since 1984);
National Veterans Day in Indonesia on August 10 (Hari Veteran Nasional, 2014);