Nirvana Memorial Park, Semenyih successfully
holds its 17th Annual Enlightenment Ceremony. YB Datuk Tan
Chai Ho, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, who was there to
grace the last day of the prayer ceremony marking the "Hungry
Ghost" Festival.
NV Multi is the only listed integrated bereavement
care provider whose Nirvana Memorial Parks have been a household
name in the bereavement car industry for non-Muslims.
The annual 3-days Enlightenment Ceremony
has been billed as the largest enlightenment ceremony in South
East Asia. On each occasion, some ten thousand participants
and members of the public take part in the 3-days event and
this year is no exception .
Held annually during the duration of the"
Festival of the Hungry Ghosts " which falls on the 7th month
of the Chinese lunar year, the Nirvana Enlightenment Ceremony
is a time when Chinese pay tribute and homage to their ancestors
through offerings and prayers .
It is an observance and an act of filial
piety to departed parents and ancestors, a praise-worthy tradition
that has handed down the centuries. The 3-day prayers are
meant to transcend and uplift departed souls to the Land of
Eternal Bliss. The keen involvement by participants is ample
testimony of the time-honored virtues of filial piety which
is faithfully observed by the Chinese community.
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