Buddha Purnima—also known as Vesak or Buddha Jayanti—is celebrated globally to mark the birth of Lord Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The day also commemorates his enlightenment after years of ...

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, ...

The UNESCO Kathmandu Office has recently created a website on Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, World Heritage property in Nepal: ‘Lumbini: Past, Present & Future’. Lumbini, the birthplace ...

Shakyamuni Buddha was born here’, thus wrote king Ashok, one of the greatest servants of Buddhism, on the Pillar (Ashok Sthambha) he erected at the birthplace of Lord Buddha in Lumbini some 300 years ...

Kathmandu, 17 September 2010 - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between WWF Nepal and Lumbini Development Trust to promote environmental, cultural and religious values in Lumbini.