Newa community worship idols in exuberant pageantry, even though the Buddha preached humility and frugality
Monks attend the Lo Monlam Chenmo prayer vigil dedicated to the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha
The procession of Karunāmaya this week is full of hidden pragmatism and teachings of the Buddha
A 500 year old Buddha stolen from Nepal is being returned by a Hong Kong-based collector
Kapilvastu-Tilaurakot is 2,700 years old, and is the most well preserved archaeological site in South Asia
The birthplace of the Buddha was relatively neglected until Burmese Buddhist Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant, visited Nepal in…
The Nepal government decided on Sunday to extend its national lockdown by another week till midnight 7 April, and to continue the ban on all…
Samyak Mahadan as the name suggests is an almsgiving Newa Buddhist festival held once in every five years in Patan. The two day-long…
President Bidya Devi Bhandari concluded her four-day state visit to Burma on 19 October by inaugurating an exhibition on Lumbini, a UNESCO World…
2,563rd Buddha Jayanti on 18 May is being celebrated throughout the country with peace rallies, donation campaigns and meditation programs. The…
It is easy to be disappointed by Lumbini. Scruffy, dusty and unbearably hot this time of year, it looks from the outside like a desolate…
When the Burmese Buddhist Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant, visited Nepal in 1967 he flew to Lumbini for a pilgrimage and said:…
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…
When he was younger, Manjul Baraili would be chiseling away into stone to create sculptures while his friends played marbles nearby. He dreamed…
In his 16th solo exhibition Mithila Cosmos: Songs of Innocence and Experience, artist SC Suman depicts his experiences in his signature Mithila…
Co-founder of the International Crane Foundation George Archibald with Vice Chair of of the Lumbini Development Trust Awadhesh Tripathi. Photo:…
Two 1,000-year-old stone deities return to Nepal, but hundreds of other stolen objects are still out thereHOMECOMING: The 12th century Uma…
