Reacting on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's previously made statement, the Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) issued a press release stressing that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, ...

Gautama Buddha’s 2,560th birthday falls on 21 May. According to tradition, Prince Siddhartha was born in Lumbini, southern Nepal. Nepal’s Tourism minister calls for changes in textbooks that claim ...

The discovery of the world’s earliest Buddhist temple, marking the birthplace of the Buddha south of the Himalayas in Nepal, could give a powerful push in the drive to lift nearby villagers out of ...

The event in Herzliya included traditional prayers and offerings at a ceremonial altar, followed by speeches from Ambassador Pandit and the Indian Ambassador to Israel, JP Singh. Diplomatic envoys ...

(RNS) Next month, Nepal will circulate a new 100-rupee note with the imprint, “Lumbini: The Birthplace of Lord Buddha.” The note is part of the government’s most recent effort to correct the record.

Gautama Buddha was born 2,554 years ago, in Nepal. His native country is holding special celebrations to mark the occasion and Buddhists from around the world have come. However, Nepal is also at a ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was on a day-long visit to Nepal, addressed an event in Lumbini on the occasion of Buddha Purnima today. "India and Nepal's ever-strengthening friendship, in the kind ...

A young man who is believed by followers to be a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to Nepal's jungles to meditate alone, police said on Saturday, as scholars cast doubt on his supporters' claims.

A meditating teenage boy in south-central Nepal is drawing the attention of scientists after attracting huge crowds in the past six months and earning himself the name Buddha-reincarnate. They are ...