Bodhi Day 2024 Presidential. The day is celebrated as the enlightenment day of lord buddha where he sat down under a bodhi tree in bodh gaya in 593 ad. According to tradition, bodhi day honors the day when enlightenment was reached by.

Buddhists around the world are celebrating bodhi day. The secular bodhi day, celebrated on a fixed date in much of the western world and japan, is december 8.