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Indonesians celebrate Vesak at world's largest Buddhist temple

More than 1,000 Buddhists from across the archipelago gathered at the world's largest Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Siddharta Gautama Buddha.
Monday night's celebrations included prayers and meditations, the collection of holy water and the release of flying lanterns symbolising the abandonment of negativity.