After the birth of Buddhism, the new religion quickly spread to large parts of Central, South and Southeast Asia. Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, was a very important pilgrimage destination ...

The Gautam Buddha International Airport was opened in 2022 in the nearby city of Bhairahawa, and a highway now connects the airport to Lumbini. Rising reported from Bangkok.

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 ...

The Lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in the sacred area of Lumbini located in the Terai plains of southern Nepal, testified by the inscription on the pillar erected by the Mauryan Emperor Asoka in 249 ...

‘Enlightenment’, ‘Queen Maha Maya’s Dream’, ‘Defeating Mara’, ‘Sujatha’s Meal Offering’, ‘The First Discourse’ and ‘Parinibbana’ encompass the magnitude of the work at Lumbini that Kalasuri Jayasiri ...

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava has said that talks between Nepal and India about air route for the Gautam Buddha International Airport are moving forward positively. Addressing a program ...

according to the Lumbini Development Trust - and it was this number the government was betting on when it spent $76m (£61m) to build the Gautam Buddha International Airport, which opened in May ...

Armed force personnel from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka will take part in a bike expedition in October this year along the ...