Lumbini, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautam, witnessed a special celebration as the Embassy of India in Nepal organized a series of events to commemorate the 2,568th Buddha Jayanti. The ...

Describing Lumbini, Semage says, although there are many Mahayana temples, this is the only Theravada temple there. It is the first of its kind in Nepal and will be constructed on a grand scale. “The ...

The Himalaya have a significant political bearing, even outside our immediate neighbourhood—in the ever-evolving global ...

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 ...

Buddha’s birth and life Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, which is at the border of what is India and Nepal today. His mother, Maya, was the wife of Suddhodana, king of the Shakya clan.

A Buddha Air flight with 76 people on board made an emergency landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) here in Nepal after experiencing a left engine flameout. The flight BHA953, en route ...