Wesak day celebration at Tzu Chi Foundation Melaka

In conjunction with the celebration of Lord Buddha's birthday, there was today a "Buddha bathing ceremony" held at the Tzu Chi Foundation Melaka, which is situated in Batu Berendam Free trade zone (opposite National Semiconductors). Their global website can be accessed HERE, as well as some info on Wikipedia.

This year is the first time they are doing it outdoors (previous year, done indoors). There were 2 sessions in the morning - my wife and I decided to come for the one that starts at 10.00am. Arrived there at 9.30am, not a moment too soon, as the parking lots were already full, forcing us to park on the road shoulder (like many others).

Anyway, going in, we went into the main hall, where there was shown a short presentation on the recent China and Myanmar natural disasters (earthquake and cyclone respectively). After that, we made our way systematically outdoors, where the people were arranged in an orderly fashion in the huge garden, before the entire ritual of bathing the Buddha was carried out.

Well, we also gave some donation to the charity fund for the needy, and hope that the victims of the recent misfortunes will have relief from their sufferings.

A little souvenir that I got from them today....