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Worshippers quietly lit incense, offered flowers and performed prayers at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple in Petaling Jaya on May 31, marking Wesak Day with reflection, gratitude and renewed spiritual purpose.

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00:02Worshippers quietly lit incense, offered flowers and performed prayers at the Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple on Sunday.
00:08They marked Wesak Day with reflection, gratitude and renewed spiritual purpose.
00:14Some shared how their journey of discovering Wesak led them to develop a deeper spiritual connection with the festival.
00:20Every year on Wesak Day I will visit the temple.
00:23In 2017 when I started my university, I studied tourism and I found out that Wesak Day is more comfortable
00:34with my religion
00:35because we are Hindu, even Hindu and Buddha are close.
00:39So from that only I started, I googled search what is the Wesak Day is important to.
00:45So from that only I told to my parents why not we try Wesak Day, we go and visit the
00:51temple.
00:54Previously, I was really busy with studying and also working.
00:58And I didn't have time to go to the temple.
01:02Although actually I'm from Kelantan, so there's a lot of what there, right?
01:05Supposedly I should go but then I'm always really into studying so I didn't manage to go too.
01:10From far away, I actually see this temple for a long time ago and I really wanted to visit here.
01:16Today just happened to be a long weekend so I just happened to come here and feel like I want
01:21to reconnect with my roots again.
01:22Other devotees described Wesak Day as a time to let go of life's burdens and seek inner peace.
01:28For 21 years, I just started to come back to Resale Day.
01:34Now my age is 56.
01:36Until now I came back to Resale Day.
01:38When I had 3 injuries, I had 3 injuries.
01:42Whatever problems, I came back to here, it was a little bit wet.
01:46My body was a little bit wet.
01:48I didn't remember anything.
01:50It was a little bit better.
01:51I went to a different temple and this year we decided to come back again because I came here, you
01:57know, a few years before that.
01:59I think this one is more crowded because it's like a bigger temple.
02:03Usually the one I went is like, it's the one near Semenye where it's like uphill and then it's like
02:07smaller scale.
02:08So this one you get more vibes, you have like this donation booth, you have like people walking around.
02:15It's definitely different vibes.
02:29I wish everyone a happy Resale Day.
02:33Thank you, happy Resale Day.
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