Saturday 18 May 2019

Vesak day*
water flowing
at the Banyan tree
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Vesak day
caged captives
take to the trees

*- Veask day is Buddha's birthday when water is poured under banyan trees (the tree under which Buddha meditated) and birds, animals and fish are set free.
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