The public holiday for Buddha Purnima in India was initiated by B. R. Ambedkar when he was the minister of law and justice. It is celebrated especially in Sikkim, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bodh Gaya, Lahaul and Spiti district, Kinnaur, various parts of North Bengal such as Kalimpong, Darjeeling, and Kurseong, and Maharashtra (where 77% of total Indian Buddhists live), as well as other parts of India as per Indian calendar. Buddhists go to common Viharas to observe a rather longer-than-usual, full-length Buddhist sutra, akin to a service. One day Mahatma Buddha had a desire to visit Kapilvastu and he took his charioteer along for a stroll. Seeing four scenes on the way, he took a vow to leave home and take sannyas. Because of not finding the Tatvdarshi Saint mentioned in Shlok 1 to 4 of Shrimad Bhagavad Gita Adhyay 15, his life was in vain and he was deprived of complete salvation.