Lumbini is the birthplace of Buddha. Today, Lumbini is located in Nepal and along with Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar forms the famous Buddhist circuit. Bodh Gaya is the place of enlightenment, ...

Excavations at Nepal’s Lumbini pilgrimage center, among Buddhism’s most sacred sites and the birthplace of the Buddha, have revealed what archaeologists are calling the oldest Buddhist shrine in the ...

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 ...

Kathmandu, May 16 : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a day-long visit to Nepal, offered prayers at the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini to mark the occasion of Buddha Purnima. He was ...

Archaeologists in Nepal have uncovered the earliest-known Buddhist shrine, physical evidence that puts a concrete date and location on the life of the man who founded Buddhism. "For the first time we ...

An ancient timber structure that may have once marked Buddha's birthplace has been unearthed in Nepal. The new discovery could help pinpoint the time period when the spiritual leader was born.

Nepal is the birthplace of Lord Buddha. The Temple of Maya Devi at Lumbini will welcome visitors again once the COVID-19 threat is behind. eTurboNews in our ongoing series of destination features is ...

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 COVID-19 ...

October 1999: World Heritage Centre mission; July and September 2001: 2 technical expert misisons; June-July 2002: UNESCO reactive monitoring mission 2002 Report on the UNESCO Reactive Monitoring ...

"It was going great until 2019 when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. There were about 1.6 million visitors annually, with a strong presence of domestic visitors followed by Indians and visitors from many ...

Following the request of the Government of Nepal, the recommendations of the International Technical Meeting for the Conservation, Presentation and Development of the Maya Devi Temple (5-9 April 2001, ...