Over five hundred monks from 12 different countries have gathered in Nepal's Lumbini for fourth edition of the International ...

Ordination ceremony for 500 novice monks, also known as Shramneras, is underway in the Maya Devi Temple complex of Lumbini, ...

Resolution brought by Suleman Lalani, a Democratic representative, lauds US-Nepal relations, Lumbini’s Buddhist heritage.

Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, Nepal. He was born into a privileged ... had a dream foretelling of the Buddha’s birth and during childbirth she suffered no pain. It is said he was born out ...

One of the stamps issued to commemorate the 2600th Sambuddhatva Jayanthiya, depicting Lumbini, the birth place of the Buddha as a part of India, has been withdrawn due to requests made by religious ...

Kathmandu (Nepal), June 19 (ANI): Tourists have once again started to throng the Maya Devi Temple in Nepal’s Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, after two silent years prompted by the ...

The four-day event, aimed at promoting peace and brotherhood, started with a colourful procession and the lighting of a lamp.

He also expressed his immense pleasure to come to the holy land of Lumbini. He said the birth place of Lord Gautam Buddha and other historical and religious places here have made the province special.

It is believed that Gautama Buddha died in Kushinagar and attained ‘parinirvana’. Kushinagar is the central point of the Buddhist circuit, which consists of pilgrimage sites at Lumbini ...