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  Buddha Purnima: 'Lord Buddha's life will always inspire world community towards peace', says PM Modi

  India | May 12, 2025 9:41 IST

  Buddha Purnima 2025: Buddha Purnima, also known as Vesak, marks the birth, enlightenment, and Mahaparinirvana (death) of Gautama Buddha.

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  India seeks to halt auction of Buddhist relics by Sotheby's Hong Kong: 'Inalienable cultural...'

  India | May 06, 2025 2:37 IST

  According to the statement by the Ministry of Culture, the Piprahwa Relics include bone fragments, soapstone and crystal caskets, a sandstone coffer and offerings, such as gold ornaments and gemstones, were excavated by William Claxton Peppe in 1898.

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  PM Modi to meditate for 24 hours at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari

  May 28, 2024 17:46 IST

  PM Modi will visit the Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, from May 30 to June 1, marking the end of his Lok Sabha election campaign. He will meditate at the Dhyan Mandapam, the same site where Swami Vivekananda meditated, highlighting its spiritual significance.

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  Buddha Purnima 2024: 5 lesser-known facts about Gautam Buddha you probably didn't know

  Lifestyle | May 23, 2024 16:12 IST

  Know 5 intriguing facts of Gautam Buddha's life this Buddha Purnima 2024, shedding light on lesser-known aspects of his journey and teachings.

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  Buddha Purnima 2024: President Murmu, PM Modi extend wishes on birth anniversary of Lord Buddha

  India | May 23, 2024 11:03 IST

  Buddha Purnima 2024: Siddhartha Gautama, popularly known as the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism rejected a life of wealth and comfort and chose to pursue a path of spiritual and intellectual improvement. In his pursuit of enlightenment, he rejected notions of caste, privilege etc.

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  Buddha Purnima 2023: Wishes, quotes, and messages to share today

  Lifestyle | May 05, 2023 8:01 IST

  Here is the list of wishes, quotes and messages to wish your dear ones on Buddha Purnima 2023.

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  'Our Lord Ram is incomplete without Nepal,' says PM Modi in Lumbini

  India | May 16, 2022 20:18 IST

  Speaking about the ties between India and Nepal, Prime Minister mentioned the people are equally happy when a temple of Lord Ram is built in India.

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  100-bed COVID facility starts in UP's Jewar for rural people

  India | May 20, 2021 23:37 IST

  A 100-bed COVID-19 care facility started in a community health centre in Gautam Buddh Nagar's rural Jewar area on Thursday with support from local authorities and foreign aid, BJP leader and local MLA Dhirendra Singh said.

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  Nepal stresses Gautam Buddha was born there, an apparent counter to EAM S Jaishankar

  World | August 09, 2020 20:22 IST

  Reacting on External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's statement, the Nepalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) issued a press release stating that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, which is in Nepal, and he spread Buddhism from Nepal to other countries.

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  Statues of Buddha, Ambedkar damaged in UP's Balrampur district

  India | March 07, 2020 14:36 IST

  Statues of Gautam Buddha and B R Ambedkar were damaged by a group of people in Rasoolabad village here, police said on Saturday.

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  Buddha's birthplace Kapilavastu to get transaction zone for foreign tourists soon

  India | November 04, 2019 18:48 IST

  Siddharthnagar District Magistrate Deepak Meena said members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee visited the district recently to discuss the development of facilities under the Buddha Circuit.

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  Gautam Buddha statue spotted on Mars? (Watch Video)

  World | October 18, 2015 19:46 IST

  New Delhi: A giant Buddha like statue has been spotted on the planet Mars, as per the claims by UFO Sightings Daily. The photograph is reportedly been captured by NASA's Curiosity rover.According to the report

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  Monks reprise Buddha's walk route after enlightenment

  India | January 10, 2015 14:19 IST

  Patna: Over 400 Buddhist monks Saturday took part in a 13-km 'heritage walk' in Bihar in a bid to revive the ancient route between Jethian and Venuvan which Gautam Buddha took after attaining enlightenment.Monks from

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  India refutes reports about Bodhi tree sapling plantation row

  World | December 13, 2014 15:22 IST

  Kathmandu:  India today said that the sapling of holy Bodhi tree was planted in a temple in Lumbini, the birth place of Gautam Buddha in Nepal, as per the directions given by the Nepalese authorities.Concerns

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  Narendra Modi's visit to Buddha's birthplace uncertain

  World | July 31, 2014 11:19 IST

  Kathmandu: The visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha and a Unesco World Heritage Site in Nepal, has not been confirmed yet, a minister said.Nepal's Minister for Foreign

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  Big B Takes Care Not To Hurt Buddhists

  Bollywood | March 08, 2011 20:27 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 8: Amitabh Bachchan-owned AB Corp would spell the name of its next movie venture as 'Bbuddah', so as not to hurt the sentiments of Gautam Buddha's followers. "The title of the next AB