The growing town in Nepal is trying to appeal to tourists as well as pilgrims LUMBINI, Nepal -- It's 6 p.m. when a dusty sun descends beyond the rice paddies in Lumbini, Nepal, in the southern Terai ...

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 ...

LUMBINI (Nepal): The birthplace of the Buddha exudes peace on an autumn afternoon so hot that a lazy stroll on the meditation platform atop the birth temple quickly becomes a dance on sun-baked tiles.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency decided Thursday against putting the Buddhist pilgrimage destination of Lumbini on its list of heritage sites in danger, instead giving ...

Housing Interpretative and visitation facilities Legal framework Management activities Management systems/ management plan Other Threats: Impact of the new structure of the Maya Devi Temple ...

As is well-known, Lumbini is the first of the four major holy places in Buddhism, it being the place where the person who was to become the Buddha was born. Almost every account of the Buddha’s life, ...

BUTWAL: Four decades have passed by since the launch of the campaign for systematic development of Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha, but the campaign has not completed its mission yet.

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