Although suicide remains a serious social challenge in Lumbini Province, recent data suggests a declining trend in the region ...

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

The Meteorological Forecasting Division (MFD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of the country today ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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.

As the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini is among the four holy sites that pilgrims from the world over travel to during their lifetime. But the nativity site in Nepal is in a sad state, and needs to ...

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 ...

"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 ...