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The Vesak festival is celebrated in myriad ways, with some people following religious observances, some using their creativity and resources to depict the jathaka katha via pandals, lanterns and other creations, some singing bhakthi gee while others offer free meals and drinks to the multitudes taking all of this in. Our photographer captured some of these aspects of Vesak in and around Colombo.

Pix by M. A. Pushpa Kumara

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