It was my first time traveling to Kushinagar, a town in a district of the same name in Uttar Pradesh, where the Buddha is said to have died. I went there not as a tourist but as a person of faith. I ...

A 31-year-old man was arrested in Karnataka for vandalizing Ambedkar's statue and defacing related images in Chamarajanagar.

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 ...

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For the second year in a row, Lumbini will see none of the thousands of pilgrims from around the world that used to congregate here to mark the birthday of the Sakyamuni Buddha, which this year falls ...

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 ...

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 ...

Standing on the sacred soil of Lumbini, non-resident Sri Lankan businessman Hernta Herath, who lives in Australia, folded his ...

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

Management Systems/Management Plan; Impact of the new structure of the Maya Devi Temple (constructed in 2002) on the archaeological remains, as well as on the visual integrity; Commercial Development, ...