Set between the Siwalik hills and the plains, Butwal offers travellers a mix of regional cuisine, pilgrimage trails to ...

The third Lumbini International Peace Festival began on Thursday in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, drawing international participants to promote peace, ...

Candidates from the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) have emerged winner in 21 out of 26 electoral constituencies of the ...

Around 300 monks from Thailand have embarked on a peace walk from Lumbini in Rupandehi district to Ramagram Stupa in ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Tourists travelling to Nepal generally flip the glossy pages of guide books with captivating mountains on them. These mountains, including the tallest Mount Everest, are located in the northern region ...

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, ...

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 ...