The story goes that when the Buddha was approaching his mahaparinirvana at age 80, he advised his faithful disciple Ananda that there were four great places of pilgrimage associated with his life. The ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient temple in Nepal, offering new evidence of sites linked to Buddha’s life and early Buddhist worship.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki today offered prayers at the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha.

The number of visitors to Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, is on the rise. Many pilgrims will visit on Buddha’s birthday on 18 May, and visitor volume will increase exponentially after the new ...

Lumbini Province led in terms of the capital expenditure, with the provincial government utilizing 18.04 percent of the development budget in the first six months of the current Fiscal Year (FY).

Shakyamuni Buddha was born here’, thus wrote king Ashok, one of the greatest servants of Buddhism, on the Pillar (Ashok Sthambha) he erected at the birthplace of Lord Buddha in Lumbini some 300 years ...

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lumbini, Nepal, though only for a few hours, is full of symbolism and substance. No Indian Prime Minister has visited Lumbini in the last few decades. Mr.

In the hot, dusty plains of south-western Nepal sits Lumbini, one of the holiest places for about 350 million Buddhists around the world. Centuries ago a baby was born in Lumbini who went on to become ...

May 2004 and November 2005: World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring missions; April and September 2008: UNESCO Advisory missions; UNESCO expert missions have been sent every year since 2009 ...