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Sri Lankan Buddhists Celebrate Statue’s ‘Birthday’

August 21, 2016 Religion

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Visitors gathered at the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara Meditation Center on Route 27 Aug. 20 to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Buddha statue’s installation.

The New Jersey Buddhist Vihara Meditation Center on Route 27 held a day-long “birthday party” of sorts on Aug. 20.

The “birthday boy” was the center’s 30-foot-tall Buddha statue, and the party was to commemorate the seventh anniversary of its installation.

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