Buddha Purnima, being observed on May 23 this year, commemorates the birth of Lord Gautam Buddha. It's a gazetted holiday and hence government offices in almost all states, schools and post offices will be closed. Banks in Tripura, Maharashtra, Mizoram, MP, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu, UP, West Bengal, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Srinagar are closed.