Nikini Full Moon Poya day falls today

The Nikini Full Moon Poya day is important to Buddhists due to several special events in the history of the Sasana.

It is on this Poya day that monks who were unable to observe 'Peravas' on the Esala Full Moon Poya day observe 'Pasuvas'.

It was also on a day like today, three months after the Parinirvana of the Lord Buddha, that the First Dharma Sangayana was held under the leadership of Maha Kassapa Maha Arahath Thera.

The attainment of Arahantship by Ananda Thero, who was the chief attendant of the Lord Buddha, also took place on a Poya day like this.