A child wearing his dragon costume during the Buddha's Birthday festival in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong, on May 3, 2017. Buddha's Birthday is a festival traditionally celebrated the Buddhism. People dressed up with traditional costumes and danced with the dragon. (Photo by Chan Long Hei/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)





A child sitting on a chair during the Buddha's Birthday festival in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong, on May 3, 2017. (Photo by Chan Long Hei/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)





Nepalese Devotee offering ritual prayer towards Dipankar Buddha puts at the premises of Chiloncho Stupa during celebration the 2,561 Buddha Purnima festival, Birth Anniversary of Lord Gautam Buddha at Chiloncho, Kirtipur, Kathmandu on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Buddhists around the world, Cambodia; Thailand; Myanmar; Bhutan; Sri Lanka; Laos; Mongolia; Japan; Singapore; Taiwan including Nepal, observe Buddha Purnima festival which falls on the same day of full moon of the month calendar. The occasion offerings of flower, incense and candles, an exchange of gifts as blessings, prayers, sermons and group meditations. (Photo by Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Cambodian women pray in front of a shrine out side the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on May 10, 2017. Cambodian celebrate 2,561 years of Buddha, called “Visak Bochea”, that is the date of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death on the day of the full moon. (Photo by Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP Photo)





Devotees offer prayers next to oil lamps at a Buddhist temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima festival, also known as Vesak Day, in Chandigarh, India, May 10, 2017. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Indian Buddhist devotees leave offerings and offer prayers at a statue of the Buddha during celebrations to mark Buddha Purnima at the Maha Bodhi Society in Bangalore on May 10, 2017. The Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal and devotees commemorate his birth, his attaining enlightenment and his passing away on the full moon day of May, which this year falls on May 10. (Photo by Manjunath Kiran/AFP Photo)





A devotee put a golden paper onto Buddha statue during Vesak day in Penang, Malaysia, on May 10,2017. Buddhists around the world have celebrate Vesak ,one of the most important day in Buddhist calendar informally known as Buddha 's birthday, it commemorates the birth, enlightenment and the death of Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama.Buddhist scriptures state that each occurred on the full moon of the Indian lunar month of Vesakha.Buddhists celebrate Vesak every year on the day of full moon in May. (Photo by Shaiful Azre/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





Buddhist monks walks around the street during the procession of Pindapata in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia on May 10, 2017. Pindapata is one of the series of commemoration sacred day of Vesak for Buddhist. The holy day celebrates the birth, the enlightenment to nirvana, and the passing of Gautama Buddha's, the founder of Buddhism. (Photo by Nugroho Hadi Santoso/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A man carries his dog as he prays during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand, May 10, 2017. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Buddhist monks prostrate as they perform the “three steps one bow” ceremony at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery on the eve of Vesak Day in Singapore May 9, 2017. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





Buddhist monks and devotees release small birds as part of Buddha's birthday prayers at Boudha Stupa on May 10, 2017 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Vesak is observed during the full moon in May or June, which celebrates the stages of the life of Buddhism's founder, Gautama Buddha, from the birth, the enlightenment to nirvana, and his passing (Parinirvana). (Photo by Tom Van Cakenberghe/Getty Images)





A family takes a seflie as they visit the Shwedagon Pagoda during Kason Watering Festival celebrations, also know as Vesak Day, in Yangon, Myanmar May 10, 2017. (Photo by Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters)





Worshippers offer prayers marking the birthday of Buddha at a shrine on a hilltop overlooking Seoul on May 3, 2017. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP Photo)





A man places a container holding what is believed to be the relics of Buddha in front of a Child Buddha statue while celebrating the Vesak Day in Quan Su Pagoda, Hanoi, Vietnam May 9, 2017. (Photo by Reuters/Kham)





A Sri Lankan street vendor hangs lanterns for sale ahead of the Vesak Festival in Colombo on May 4, 2017. Sri Lankan Buddhists are preparing to celebrate Vesak, which commemorates the birth of Buddha, his attaining enlightenment and his passing away on the full moon day of May which falls on May 10 this year. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)





A child wearing a lantern headband rests before a Lotus Lantern parade in celebration of the upcoming birthday of Buddha in Seoul, South Korea April 29, 2017. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Buddhist believers carrying lanterns march during a Lotus Lantern parade in celebration of the upcoming birthday of Buddha in Seoul, South Korea April 29, 2017. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





People walk around a stupa, at the top of the Wat Saket, or Golden Mount, during the Buddhist Vesak celebration in Bangkok, Thailand on May 10, 2017. (Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters)





Buddhists carry candles while encircling a large Buddha statue during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at a temple in Nakhon Pathom province on the outskirts of Bangkok on May 10, 2017. (Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)





Buddhists carry candles as they pray during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand on May 10, 2017. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





Buddhists carry candles as they pray during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand on May 10, 2017. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)





A devotee offers prayer on the idol of Buddha during the birth anniversary of Buddha, also known as Vesak Day, at Swayambhu in Kathmandu, Nepal on May 10, 2017. (Photo by Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters)





A devotee prays in front of a Buddha statue during the birth anniversary of Buddha, also known as Vesak Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 10, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





A man fixes an image of a Buddha on top of a pandal, a temporary platform to be decorated with illuminated panels illustrating episodes from the life of Buddha, ahead of Vesak Day celebrations, during which Sri Lankan Buddhists commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha in Colombo, Sri Lanka on May 8, 2017. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)





Buddhists carry candles as they pray during Vesak Day, an annual celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and death, at Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand on May 10, 2017. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)