day commemorating the birth, death, and the time when Siddhārtha Gautama attained the highest wisdom to become the Buddha Shakyamuni. Vesak is an official national holiday in Indonesia and the ceremony is centered at the three Buddhist temples by walking from Mendut to Pawon and ending at Borobudur. Vesak also is often celebrated in Sewu temple and numerous Buddhist temples in Indonesia. Discrimination & Protests The Chinese Indonesian community in Tanjung Balai municipality in North Sumatra has protested against the administration's plan to dismantle a statue of Buddha on top of the Tri Ratna Temple. On July 29th 2016, several Buddhist vihara were plundered and burnt down in Tanjung Balai of North Sumatra. On 26 November 2016, a homemade bomb was discovered in front of Vihara Buddha Tirta, a Buddhist temple in Lhok Seumawe of Aceh. See also Waisak Day Ashin Jinarakkhita Narada Maha Thera Parwati Soepangat Metta Sutta Mangala Sutta Lumbini Natural Park Vihara Buddhagaya Watugong Borobodur Dharmakīrtiśrī Bianhong Lalitavistara Sūtra Candi of Indonesia Sanghyang Adi Buddha Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism A Record of Buddhist Practices Sent Home from the Southern Sea Buddhism in Southeast Asia Notes Bibliography Kimura B. (2003).Present Situation of Indonesian Buddhism: In Memory of Bhikkhu Ashin Jinarakkhita Mahasthavira, Nagoya Studies in Indian Culture and Buddhism: Sambhasa 23, 53-72 External links Indonesia