Postal department releases special cover on Buddha Purnima

Vijayawada: Postmaster-General, Vijayawada Region Col M Eleesha, released a philatelic special cover on Buddha Purnima here on Monday. The department of posts has released the same at various circle headquarters across the states in the country.

Speaking on the occasion, Eleesha said that Buddha Purnima was celebrated to commemorate the birth of Goutama Buddha. It is also celebrated in south and South-East Asia as Vesak, which also acknowledges the enlightenment and death of Buddha, he said.

He informed the gathering that 2,000 covers were released in the state and were available at Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and Kurnool. He expressed happiness to release special cover, which costs Rs 10.