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Multicultural Event to Celebrate Vesak in Gold Coast Source:Brisbane 4EB Sri Lankan Newsletter – Dæhæna – July 2021 The Gold Coast Buddhist Association Inc (GCBAI), also known as Gold Coast Buddhist Centre (GCBC), organised a multicultural event to celebrate Vesak (Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing away) at the Robina Auditorium on Saturday, 29 May 2021. The overall theme of the celebration was “The role of spirituality in promoting social and emotional wellbeing”. Venerable Kottukachchiye Pagngnasiri Thero, the Abbot of the GCBAI, primarily guided the planning and execution of the event. This was the first time the GCBAI organised such an event and it brought together all the Buddhist cultures and the friends of Buddhism in the Gold Coast for the first time under one roof. The event was well attended with more than 200 attendees from various communities. Despite the covid restrictions that were in force, the number participating ...