International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), under the aegis of Ministry of Culture, is celebrating Asadha Poornima on July 4, as Dharma Chakra Day.
This day commemorates Buddha’s First Sermon to his first five ascetic disciples at the Deer Park, Rsipatana in the present day Sarnath near Varanasi, UP. The day is also celebrated by Buddhists all over the world as the day of Dharma Chakra Parvattana or “Turning of the Wheel of...