Important Buddhist Religious Day (Visakhapuja Day)

วันสำคัญทางพุทธศาสนา (วันวิสาขบูชา)

2012/2555-06-02

To commemorate Visakha Puranamee Bucha (Visakha Bucha Day) and to celebrate Buddhachayantih, i.e. 2600 Years of the Buddha's Enlightenment (i.e. 45 years before the Buddha died + 2555 BE, the current year since the death of the Buddha, when the Thai Buddhist Era began)

2012/44

3 Baht

5 Baht

1 Baht

Unused stamp

51 x 36 mm

n/a

Thai-British Security Printing Public Company Limited, Thailand

Bronze Buddha image in the pahng samahti or meditation pose, with in the background a large leaf of the Ficus religiosa or bodhi tree, as well as branches with smaller bodhi leaves

Visakha Bucha, Buddhachayantih, Buddha image, Ficus religiosa, bodhi tree, meditation, pahng samahti