The world's largest Buddhist flag to be raised at Vesak 2025

The world's largest Buddhist flag measuring 500 square meters with five colors of blue, yellow, red, white and orange flies in the campus of the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City - Campus II.

Flag Raising Ceremony of the World's Largest Buddhist Flag - Video: HOAI PHUONG

On the morning of May 5, the organizing committee of the United Nations Vesak 2025 held a ceremony to raise a 500m² Buddhist flag on the campus of the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City - Campus II.

To date, this is the largest Buddhist flag in the world.

According to the organizers, the flag is made of super durable fabric according to international tradition. The flag has 5 colors: blue, yellow, red, white and orange, arranged in order according to the standard model of the Buddhist flag.

The flag is 25.69m long and 19.47m wide. The 25.69m length symbolizes the 2,569 years of Buddhist history.

The five colors of the flag also symbolize the unity of the five continents, expressing the desire for world peace , and also the desire of Buddhism to spread compassion, in accordance with the spirit of this year's Vesak theme: "Solidarity and tolerance for human dignity: Buddhist wisdom for world peace and sustainable development" .

Attending the flag-raising ceremony were monks, nuns, Buddhists and local people. After the flag was raised, local people released 500 balloons to celebrate the event.

Venerable monks and delegates held a ceremony to raise the world's largest Buddhist flag - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

The 20th Vesak Festival 2025 is co-organized by the International Organizing Committee for the United Nations Day of Vesak (ICDV) and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.

This is the fourth time Vietnam has hosted the event, previously in Hanoi (2008), Ninh Binh (2014) and Ha Nam (2019). This year, 85 countries and territories are expected to participate, taking place from May 6 to 8 at the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Ho Chi Minh City.

The 500m² Buddhist flag flutters in the blue sky - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

Monks, Buddhists, and people enthusiastically participated in the Buddhist flag raising ceremony - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

Buddhists release balloons to celebrate the flag-raising ceremony - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

Many people felt excited because of the honor of attending the flag-raising ceremony - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

500 balloons were launched into the sky - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

Balloons have 5 colors: blue, yellow, red, white and orange symbolizing the colors of the Buddhist flag - Photo: HOAI PHUONG

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