Gautam Buddha
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Buddha Purnima: 'Lord Buddha's life will always inspire world community towards peace', says PM Modi
India | May 12, 2025, 09:41 AM ISTBuddha 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, 02:37 AM ISTAccording 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
Chennai | May 28, 2024, 05:46 PM ISTPM 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, 04:12 PM ISTKnow 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 AM ISTBuddha 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, 08:01 AM ISTHere 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, 08:18 PM ISTSpeaking 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, 11:37 PM ISTA 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 | Aug 09, 2020, 08:22 PM ISTReacting 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 | Mar 07, 2020, 02:36 PM ISTStatues 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 | Nov 04, 2019, 06:48 PM ISTSiddharthnagar 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 | Oct 18, 2015, 07:46 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 10, 2015, 02:19 PM ISTPatna: 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 | Dec 13, 2014, 03:22 PM ISTKathmandu: 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 | Jul 31, 2014, 11:19 AM ISTKathmandu: 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 | Mar 08, 2011, 08:27 PM ISTMumbai, 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