Dr. Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury was invited as a special guest of honour on the 16th United Nation day of Vesak Celebration.
Among the attendees for the celebrations were Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Indian Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Myanmar President Win Myint, Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, Chairman of the National Council of Bhutan Tashi Dorji, and more than 1,650 delegates from 112 countries and territories, along with some 20,000 Vietnamese Buddhist dignitaries, monks, nuns, and followers.
The 16th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations, an international observation of the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and mahaparinirvana, which ran from 12–14 May, were successfully concluded on Tuesday at the Tam Chuc Buddhist Culture Center in Kim Bang District of Vietnam’s northern Ha Nam Province.