Lumbini: Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Civil Aviation and Chairman of Lumbini Development Trust Bhanubhakta Dhakal visited Lumbini on January 13, 2021. The minister was accompanied by Khimlal Bhattarai, Chief Whip of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) in the National......
Like other tourism destinations world over, Lumbini, the holy birthplace of Sakyamuni Buddha and World Heritage Site has also suffered heavily from COVID-19. Tourist visitation was decreased by 82.04 percent in 2020 because of still wide-spreading pandemic in the comparison of 2019. Lumbini h......
Lumbini: Newly appointed Member Secretary of Lumbini Development Trust Sanuraja Shakya has taken his charge from 14 Oct., 2020 in the head of office of the Trust, Lumbini. He was appointed as Member Secretary of the Trust by the Cabinet of Ministers on 08 Oct., 2020. The Member Secretary was ......
July 30, Lumbini: Lumbini Development Trust has donated desks and benches to schools and madrasas around Lumbini. At a function held on Tuesday, Lumbini Development Trust Vice-Chairman Metteyya Sakyaputta (Awadhesh Kumar Tripathi) handed over furniture to the schools of the surrounding areas. Stating that the Trust has always......
Tree plantation program was inaugurated in the premises of Lumbini Master-plan on 6th July 2020. Lumbini Development Trust and Nepali Army have initiated the plantation of 4800 fruit plants in Lumbini. Forest Department has been funding for the plantation program in Lumbini. Different f......
An interaction program was conducted on planning of Greater Lumbini Area development in Kathmandu on Jan 19, 2020 amid the participation of experts and stakeholders of Lumbini. Secretary of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MoCTA) Kedar Bahadur Adhikari welcomed all participants. He said t......
Sokyo Japanese Buddhist Temple has been opened for public in Lumbini, the birthplace of Sakyamuni Buddha as one more attraction for the pilgrims, tourists and the seekers of Buddhism. Located in the West Monastic Zone of Lumbini, the Sokyo Japanese Temple was inaugurated on 10 Jan 2020 ......
Lumbini: Delegates from Myanmar, Bhutan, and Cambodia visited the birthplace of Sakyamuni Buddha, Lumbini today. Hon. Ohn Maung, Tourism Minister of Myanmar, Mr. Dorji Dhradhul, Director-General of Tourism Council Bhutan, Seila Hul, Advisor to the Ministry of Tourism of Cambo......
Lumbini: Visit Nepal 2020, the tourism promotion campaign of Nepal was marked in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha on January 1, 2020. The Lumbini Development Trust organized a program on the inaugural day of Visit Nepal 2020 and welcomed a group of Bhutanese, Chinese and Nepali tourists......
To raise awareness about conservation of Sarus Crane, the tallest flying bird in the world, Lumbini Development Trust organized 'Lumbini Sarus Festival' at the birthplace of Sakyamuni Buddha Lumbini on 27th November 2019. The one-day event was organized in the premises of Japanese Peace Stupa in Lumbini.
The program started at 8 ......
Lumbini: Three day-long ceremonies of 2nd International Tripitaka Chanting has been completed at the birthplace of Lord Buddha, Lumbini. Thousands of Buddhist monks and pilgrims from 25 countries including Thailand, Myanmar, China, Korea, India, and Nepal chanted the verses o......