Jakarta, March 14 -- Deputy Chair of the National Vesak Committee 2025 Karuna Murdaya stated that the National Vesak Celebration will be held on May 12, 2025, at Borobudur Temple, Central Java.

"We support Borobudur Temple as a spiritual tourism site. We hope for the minister's presence to deliver a speech during National Vesak 2025," Murdaya remarked here on Friday.

Murdaya conveyed this statement during an audience with Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar, who was accompanied by the ministry's Director General of Buddhist Community Guidance, Supriyadi.

Murdaya explained that the Vesak commemoration will be attended by more than 150 thousand people who will also witness the release of lanterns during the peak of the Vesak ni...