The official name of the festival Mawlid is Buddha Purnima . fasting,decoration of streets and homes,Hamd,Tasbih,processions,Na`at (religious poetry),family and other social gatherings,public processions,Sadya rituals are observed in this festival . Mawlid 2020 date was Friday 20 March 2020,at 03:50 UTC * . The 2021 date of the festival was April 30 (Eastern) . April 8 or May 8 (Japan) is when Mawlid is celebrated . Mawlid 2018 date was Tuesday 20 March 2018,at 16:15 UTC * . Dussehra is related to Mawlid . The festival involves celebrating such as latkes and sufganiyot . Ashvin Shukla Prathama is when the festival begins . The significance of Mawlid festival are sun worship . Roman Catholics,Wiccans,Uzbekistan,Old Catholics,Bangladesh (by Bangladeshi Shia Muslims and others),Thailand,Iraq (by Kurds and Turkmens),Eastern Orthodox,Sikhs,Laos (as Boun That Luang),Jews in Judaism,Tajikistan,Jains,Azerbaijan,Jordan,Malayalis as religious and cultural festival,Pakistan (by Balochis, Iranis, Parsis and Pashtuns),Scottish people and Manx people),northern Malaysia,Jain,Israel (by Persian Jews, Mountain Jews and Bukharan Jews),Syria (by Kurds),Kerala state,Various countries in the Americas,Afghanistan,Chinese,Burmese,and Celtic neopagans,Cambodia (as Bon Om Touk),various Little Italys around the world,and some Buddhists (notably Newar Buddhists),Valencia,Ethnic Chinese and non-Chinese people worldwide observe Mawlid festival . Mawlid is of Islamic,Christian type . Mawlid 2019 date was June 9 (Western) . The frequency of this festival is annual . Donba,Rakhi,Mawlid an-Nabawī (المولد النبوي),Gani,Milad un-Nabi,or Nauratam,Havliye is also called Mawlid
Mawlid celebrate Hindu devotees & Buddhist disciples in India and Nepal festival