Facts about the life and times of Siddhartha Gautama, the man who would become the Buddha, are elusive ... BONNEROT/GETTY IMAGES Excavations at Lumbini have revealed a complex site with many ...

Legend has it that before he became the Buddha, a young Prince Siddhartha Gautama nursed an injured sarus crane (Antigone ...

A joint publication of UNESCO and the Paris-based NGO Oriental Cultural Heritage Sites Protection Alliance, Lumbini, Birthplace of Buddha is a novel approach at encapsulating this site’s timeless ...

The locations of the Buddha’s enlightenment, Bodh Gaya and Sarnath where he first taught the dharma were identified early on. But the mystery of where he passed away, Kushinagar, and where he was born ...

Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one ...

Nepal plans to develop Lumbini, long identified as the birthplace of Lord Buddha, as a World Peace City. A final master plan to turn the area in southern Nepal into a global hub for peace and a ...

Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, located in Western Nepal, and the landscape surrounding Lumbini related to Lord Buddha’s life was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997 in ...

Lumbini is the birthplace of Buddha according to Buddhist tradition, and was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997. Experts from UNESCO had recommended placing it on the agency’s list of ...