China is investing millions in Buddhism to expand its influence in Asia, challenging India's claim to the faith and alarming ...

Skies remain generally cloudy across Nepal. Moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is occurring at a few places ...

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 ...

Province Chief Amik Sherchan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Acharya in accordance with Article 172 of the Constitution of Nepal. The Province Chief had on Monday appointed Acharya, the ...

New Delhi The World Heritage Committee, hosted by India in its national capital, decided against placing Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, on Unesco’s list of heritage sites in danger. Instead, Nepal ...

As is well-known, Lumbini is the first of the four major holy places in Buddhism, it being the place where the person who was to become the Buddha was born. Almost every account of the Buddha’s life, ...

Lumbini, Nepal--(Newsfile Corp. - October 5, 2022) - Lumbini, the third-largest province in Nepal, is underlining its plans to speed up its post-pandemic tourism revival and become a tourist hotspot.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said Lumbini is the fountain of Buddhism besides being the birthplace of Buddha and there can be no better choice of ...

"This (Lumbini) place is where the Tathagata was born; this is a place which should be visited and seen by a person having faith, devotion, and mindfulness which would cause the awareness and ...

Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one ...