Ka whai ake i te whakahoutanga nui o te 1973 i utua e UNESCO, ka whakamahia ano a Borobudur hei waahi karakia me te haerenga. Kotahi i te tau, i te wa o te marama ki te marama o Mei, o Pipiri ranei, ka maumahara nga Buddhists i Indonesia ki te ra Vesak (Indonesian: Waisak) e whakanui ana i te whanautanga, te matenga, me te wa i eke ai a Siddhārtha Gautama ki te whakaaro nui rawa atu ki te riro i a Buddha Shakyamuni. Ko te Vesak he hararei a motu mana i Indonesia, ana ko te huihuinga e pa ana ki nga temepara Buddhist e toru ma te hikoi mai i Mendut ki Pawon ka mutu i Borobudur. Patai: He aha te Vesak e whakanui ana?
te whanautanga, te matenga, me te wa i eke ai a Siddhārtha Gautama ki te whakaaro nui rawa kia riro ai ia Buddha Shakyamuni