On Buddha Purnima, PM Modi welcomed at Buddha's birthplace | In pics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday arrived in Nepal for a brief visit to Lumbini, one of the holiest places of Buddhism as Lord Buddha was born there. On the schedule was his meeting with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba to expand bilateral cooperation in multiple areas, including in hydropower, development and connectivity. ...read more

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being greeted by Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba as he arrives in Lumbini, the birth place of Lord Buddha. (PTI)

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PM Modi and Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of a centre for Buddhist culture & heritage,(ANI)

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PM Narendra Modi visits Mahamayadevi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal.(ANI)

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PM Modi & Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba and his spouse Dr. Arzu Rana Deuba paid their respects at the Marker Stone inside the Maya Devi temple premises, which pinpoints the exact birth spot of Lord Buddha.(ANI)

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PM Modi along with Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba lays foundation stone for the construction of a centre for Buddhist culture & heritage, in a plot belonging to the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), Delhi within the Lumbini Monastic Zone.(ANI)