Noting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had termed his day-long visit to Nepal as a "spiritual visit", Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Monday that the bilateral ties are not just ...

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has described Buddhism as a 'luminous thread' in the relations between Nepal and China. "Nepal and China share more than just borders; we are bound by the timeless ...

Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), in coordination with Society of Travel and Tour Operators Nepal (SOTTO-Nepal), organized Nepal Sales Missions in Hanoi, Phnom Penh and Bangkok, the major cities of Vietnam, ...

This story begins in present Nepal, in the Sakyan kingdom of Suddhodana. In the most venerable Narada Thera’s comprehensive, lucid work, ‘Manual of Buddhism’, from which we learnt the doctrine for our ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Themed "Lumbini, Nepal: the Buddha's Birthplace" and "The Source of Buddhism and World Peace", a festival for the International Day of Vesak has been ...

Lumbini in Nepal stands on the foothills of the Siwalik Range in Rupandehi and is the birthplace of the Lord Buddha. Bangkok Post According to the lunar calendar, Sunday, May 15, was a full moon day, ...

(MENAFN- NewsIn) Colombo, July 28: Nepal, the birthplace of the Buddha, is now a predominantly Hindu country with 81.19 percent being Hindu, 8.21 percent Buddhist, 4.39 percent Muslim, 3.17 percent ...

Since hippies first beat the overland travel trail to Nepal in the 1960s, thousands of foreigners have flocked to monasteries to study Buddhism. Today, despite political upheaval and a decade-long ...

The Buddha was born in what is now the state of Nepal. Only about 10% of Nepal’s population is Buddhist, but many more feel an affinity for the religion and are outraged when outsiders claim that the ...

Though born in Lumbini, Nepal, Buddha spent most of his life in India. He attained "enlightenment" in Bodhgaya and devoted the rest of the life teaching and preaching Buddhism. His teachings were ...