Buddhists who visited the Buddhist Temple in Tambun Road took turns to 'bathe' a statue of Lord Buddha with fragrant water on Wesak Day. You can see the long queue of people waiting to carry out this ritual. Now every wondered why this is done?
In the above pictures, you can see that the statue was placed in a plastic basin filled with the petals of fresh flowers. In some temples the basins are decorated with flowers to represent the Garden of Lumbini, Buddha's birthplace in India. This 'bathing' ritual is a symbol of purification from bad habits. It was said that when Buddha was born, dragons appeared in the sky spurting two streams of purified water (one cool and one warm) that gently cascaded down to bathe Him. Hence the symbolic ritual of purification is repeated on this sacred day for Buddhists.
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