China is investing millions in Buddhism to expand its influence in Asia, challenging India's claim to the faith and alarming ...

LUMBINI: The 2553rd Anniversary of Lord Buddha and Lumbini Day was celebrated here today amidst various programmes. Visitors to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, celebrated the auspicious day by ...

Lumbini, June 15 -- A group of Buddhist monks has arrived in Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, bringing their globally recognised "Walk for Peace" movement to Nepal. The delegation arrived on ...

Skies remain generally cloudy across Nepal. Moderate rain accompanied by thunder and lightning is occurring at a few places ...

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 ...

The story goes that when the Buddha was approaching his mahaparinirvana at age 80, he advised his faithful disciple Ananda that there were four great places of pilgrimage associated with his life. The ...

The Second World Buddhist Summit, held by the Mayadebi temple and nativity site, which was inaugurated by King Gyanendra on Wenesday resembled one of the royal public receptions we have seen in the ...

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, ...