During the early 20th century, a number of ancient sculptures were unearthed in Kinta, mainly in the course of tin mining. One such archaeological evidence was the discovery of a 18 meters bronze Buddha statue in a tin mine in Tanjung Rambutan in 1900.
The Tanjung Rambutan Buddha statue is now believed to being in the possession of Alma Baker's family of New Zealand.
This reflects that Buddhism was introduced in our country a few centuries ago. Buddhism has found its base here long before some other religion set in into this country. That's why one can find Lembah Bujang, Kedah and Gangga Negara (Bruas) was once a base of Buddhism kingdom.
Thus today, we have quite a large number of Buddist in this country. Wesak is celebrated to commemorate the birth, enlightment and death of Lord Buddha because according to Buddhists, all the three events took place on the same lunar date. Happy Wesak Day!
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