Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made an official visit to Lumbini today at the invitation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti.
KATHMANDU, May 16: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Lumbini, Nepal and visited the birth place of Lord Gautam Buddha on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti on Monday.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba welcomed his Indian counterpart at Lumbini this morning.
PM Modi-led Indian delegation comprises foreign secretary, joint-secretaries of ministry of external affairs and Kathmandu-based Charge d' affaires of Indian Embassy Namgya Khampa.
A bilateral meeting between PM Deuba and his Indian counterpart Modi to be held on Monday afternoon would focus on the construction of hydropower projects, development of physical infrastructure of Nepal and expansion of connectivity.
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi issued departure statement a day before landing in Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Budhha saying India’s ties with Nepal are ‘unparalleled.’ The Indian PM is visiting Lumbini on the occasion of Buddha Purnima at the invitation of Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in Lumbini, Rupandehi, on Monday. The Indian Prime Minister is arriving in the birthplace of Buddha on the occasion of the 2,566th Buddha Jayanti at the invitation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to arrive by a helicopter at around 11 am. According to the itinerary shared by Vinay Mohan Kwatra, secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday, Modi will start his visit by participating in a prayer at the Mayadevi Temple.
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, is arriving in Nepal to mark the Buddha Jayanti in Lumbini on May 16. This will be the first visit of the Indian Prime Minister after his re-election to the top post in 2019. The Indian Prime Minister’s Lumbini visit was confirmed by Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba while addressing an election rally in Dadeldhura on Tuesday. Speaking at the election rally organised by Dadeldhura NC, Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Deuba said that the construction work of the West Seti Hydropower Project would be handed over to India during the visit.
UNESCO has stated that the Indian Prime Minister has made a plan to visit Lumbini, the Birthplace of Gautam Buddha, in Nepal on the occasion of the Buddha Purnima (birth anniversary of the Buddha).
