Sign showing Buddha's birthpalce in Lumbini

Hindu festival and Buddhas in Lumbini

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September 29th 2009
We left Tansen by hire taxi for the three hour trip to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, and a tiny town close to the Indian Nepal border. The trip was stunning - traveling along the edge of some very deep gorges lined with rice terraces and jungle. The road was pretty bad in places - there were a lot of washouts and areas of landslide. We passed hundreds of buses - one after the other - and I'v ... read more

Asia » Nepal » Lumbini

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In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... ... read more