Nepal's top leadership stresses unity, peace on Buddha Purnima
Published on: May 2, 2026, 4:29 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
KATHMANDU, May 1 : National unity can be strengthened by following Lord Buddha’s guiding principles of tolerance and mutual goodwill, Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel said on Friday, on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. The Himalayan nation is observing the 2570th Buddha Jayanti, or the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, who was born in Lumbini, Nepal, around the 6th century BC. Buddha Jayanti is celebrated on Baishakh Poornima or the full moon day in the month of Baishakh of the Lunar […]
