Duke Today

Lumbini to Lo Manthang: Experiential Learning in Nepal

This past summer, Nine Duke undergraduate and graduate students visited the new village, called New Samdzong, during a ...
Panda

one million trees in Lumbini, birthplace of Lord Buddha

Lumbini, Nepal – 108,000 tree saplings breathed new life into the Sacred Garden of Lumbini today marking a feat in participatory nature conservation in the holy birthplace of the Lord Buddha Lumbini, ...
The New Indian Express

Tibetans hail PM Modi's visit to Lumbini, warn Nepal to be wary of Chinese manoeuvres

NEW DELHI: Connected by the noble thread of Buddhism, India and Nepal are deepening cooperation in many spheres, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his first visit to the birthplace of Lord ...

Unearthed temple in Nepal sheds new light on Buddha’s early life

Archaeologists hope the newly discovered ruins at Siddhartha Gautam's childhood palace will help secure Unesco World Heritage ...
Indiatimes

Nepal: What’s it like to visit Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha?

Lumbini, located in the Rupandehi District of Nepal, is one of the most significant spiritual and historical sites in the world. This sacred place is renowned as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, ...
Hindustan Times

Unesco opts not to include Nepal’s Lumbini in World Heritage Sites in Danger

New Delhi The World Heritage Committee, hosted by India in its national capital, decided against placing Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, on Unesco’s list of heritage sites in danger. Instead, Nepal ...
The Hindu

The importance of Lumbini

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lumbini, Nepal, though only for a few hours, is full of symbolism and substance. No Indian Prime Minister has visited Lumbini in the last few decades. Mr.
UNESCO

New project for the preservation of the World Heritage Property in Nepal: Lumbini, Lord Bhudda’s Birthplace starts with funds from UNESCO/Japanese Fund-in-Trust

A new project for the conservation and management of Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha, one of the UNESCO World Heritage properties in Nepal has been launched on 16 July 2010 in Kathmandu with ...
The Himalayan Times

UN cultural agency decides against placing Lumbini, Buddha's birthplace in Nepal, on endangered list

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 authorities in Nepal more ...
The Himalayan Times

Civilisation existed in Lumbini in 1300 BC

After fresh geophysical survey and excavation carried out in Tilaurakot, Lumbini, archaeologists have come to the conclusion that there existed a city somewhere around 1300 BC in Lumbini. They came to ...
The Diplomat

Modi Visits the Buddha’s Birthplace in Nepal

On May 16, on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, the day that the founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha, was born, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. His ...