This will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, and his fifth to Nepal since coming to power in 2014. Besides the religious significance of the trip on Buddha Purnima, developmental issues in sectors related to culture, education and hydropower will also be discussed
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May 16, 2022 09:24:20 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Lumbini comes after Sher Bahadur Deuba came to India in April. PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his way to Lumbini in Nepal today, on the occasion of Buddha Purnima and meet with his Nepali counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba.
This will be Narendra Modi’s first visit to the neighbouring country since his re-election in 2019 and fifth since he became prime minister in 2014. Modi’s trip to Lumbini, the first by an Indian prime minister, will re-cement bilateral ties between the two countries and ‘is focused on bringing soft power to the centrestage of India-Nepal relations’, reported the Indian Express.