On This Day

Significance of Vesak Poya | වෙසක් පොහොය දිනයේ වැදගත්කම්! : On this day

~ සිදුහත් කුමරුගේ උපත සිදුවිම.
ලුම්බිණි සල් උයනේ දී සිදුහත් කුමරුගේ උපත සිදුවිම.

~ බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ බුද්ධත්ව‌යට පත්විම.
බුද්ධගයාවේ දී බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ අසතු බොරුකමුල චතුරායය සත්‍යය අවබෝධ කරගෙන බුද්ධත්ව‌යට පත්විම.

~ බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ පිරිණිවන් පැම.
බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ 45ස් වසරක් ධර්මය දේශනා කර. 80 වැනි වියේ දී කුසිනරාමයේ උපවත්තන සල් උයනේ දී පිරිණිවන් පැම.

~ බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ තුන්වන වරට කැළණියට වැඩම කිරීම.
මණිඅක්ඛිත නා රජුගේ ආරධනාව පිලිගෙන, බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ බුද්ධත්ව‌යට පැමිණ අටවන වසරේ දී තුන්වන වරට කැළණියට වැඩම කිරීම. එහි දී ලක්දිව සොළොස්මස්ථාන බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේගේ පාදර්ස්පර්ශයෙන්න් පිදුම් ලැබිම.

~ බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ශ්‍රී පාදස්ථන‌යේ වම් සිරි පතුල පිහිට විම.
සුමන සමන් දේවියන්ගේ ආරධනාවෙන් බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ශ්‍රී පාදස්තාන‍යට වැඩම කර ශ්‍රී පාදස්ථන‌යේ වම් සිරි පතුල පිහිට විම.

~ ශ්‍රී පාද වන්දනා සමය අවසන් විම.
ශ්‍රී පාද වන්දනා සමය අවසන් විම. උදුවප් පොහොය දිනයේ දී නැවත ශ්‍රී පාද වන්දනා සමය ආරම්භ වේ.

~ නියත විවරන ලැබිම.
දීපංකර බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ හමුවේ නියත විවරන ලැබිම.

~ ආනන්ද මහාරහතන් වහන්සේ පිරිණිවන් පැම.

~ විජය කුමරු අතුලු පිරිස ලක්දිවට පැමිනීම.

~ දෙවනපැතිස්ස රජු දෙවන වරට අභිශේක ලැබිම.

ེ~ දුටුගැමුණු රජතුමා රුවන්වැලි මහාසෑයේ වැඩ ආරම්භ කිර්‍ර්ම.

~ වර්ශික පවත්වනු ලබන මහා විහාරවන්ශික උපසම්පදා මහෝත්සරය ආරම්භ විම.

~ 1999 දී එක්සත් ජාතීන්ගේ සංධාන‌ය වෙසක් පොහොය දිනය ජත්‍යන්තර නිවාඩු දිනයක් ලෙස නම් කරන ලදී.

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1945, The End of a Dictator ⚔️

On This Day, on April 30, 1945, Adolf Hi**er, the dictator of N**i Germany, died by su***de in the Führerbunker in Berlin as Soviet forces closed in during the final days of World War II in Europe.

Just one day earlier, on April 29, he married his longtime companion Eva Braun, after years of a largely private relationship. The couple remained together until their deaths inside the bunker.

By late April 1945, Berlin was surrounded by the Soviet Red Army. With Germany’s defeat inevitable, Hi**er chose to remain in the bunker beneath the Reich Chancellery rather than flee. On April 30, he and Eva Braun ended their lives, and their bodies were later burned by aides according to his instructions.

Hi**er had risen from a World War I soldier, decorated with the Iron Cross, to become the leader of the N**i Party. As Chancellor from 1933 and Führer from 1934, he established a totalitarian regime responsible for unprecedented destruction across Europe, including the Holocaust and the deaths of millions.

Following his death, senior N**i officials attempted to continue a short-lived government, but Germany’s collapse was unavoidable. On May 7, 1945, Germany formally surrendered, bringing an end to the war in Europe.

👉 A moment that marked the collapse of N**i leadership and the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe.

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1933, Anagarika Dharmapala, pioneer of modern global Buddhism, passes away 🙏

On This Day, on April 29, 1933, Anagarika Dharmapala, one of the most influential figures in modern Buddhist history, passed away at the age of 68 in Sarnath, Varanasi, India.

Born on September 17, 1864, in Matara as Don David Hewavitharane, he later became known as Anagarika Dharmapala. He was a Sri Lankan Buddhist revivalist, a writer, and a key figure in the country’s independence movement against British rule.

Dharmapala played a crucial role in reviving Buddhism both in Sri Lanka and globally. He founded the Mahabodhi Society, working to restore sacred Buddhist sites, especially Bodh Gaya, and to spread the teachings of the Buddha worldwide. He preached across Asia, Europe, and America, becoming one of the first modern global Buddhist missionaries.

His global impact was highlighted when he represented Buddhism at the historic World's Parliament of Religions in 1893 in Chicago, introducing Buddhist philosophy to an international audience.

In his later years, he was ordained as a monk, taking the name Ven. Sri Devamitta Dharmapala. Even in his final days, he remained devoted to spreading the Dhamma.

His famous final wish reflected his lifelong mission:
“Let me be reborn… I would like to be born again twenty-five times to spread Lord Buddha's Dhamma.”

Dharmapala’s legacy lives on as a pioneer of modern global Buddhism and a driving force behind the revival of Buddhist identity and heritage.

👉 A life dedicated to faith, revival, and global impact.

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1972, Apollo 16 returns to Earth after a historic Moon mission 🚀

On This Day, on April 27, 1972, Apollo 16 safely returned to Earth, completing one of the most important lunar missions in space exploration history. Splashing down in the South Pacific Ocean, the mission marked the end of an 11-day journey to the Moon and back.

Apollo 16 was the tenth crewed mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon. It was also the second-to-last lunar landing mission, focusing on exploring the Moon’s highlands, an area scientists believed could reveal new insights into the Moon’s geological history.

The mission was led by Commander John Young, along with Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. While Young and Duke explored the lunar surface, Mattingly remained in orbit around the Moon.

Launched on April 16, 1972, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo 16 successfully conducted scientific experiments, collected lunar samples, and expanded our understanding of the Moon’s composition.

👉 A mission that brought humanity closer to understanding the Moon and our place in space.

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