Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage place in Lumbini Province, Nepal, located in the Rupandehi District. Lumbini is one of numerous pilgrimage sites that came up in locations significant to the Buddha’s life. According to Buddhist belief, it is here that Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama (Lord Buddha) in Lumbini famed gardens in 623...Read More

Kumari The Living Goddess of Nepal Kumari the living goddess, or Kumari Devi, or Living Durga – is the Nepal’s religious practice of worshiping young prepubescent females chosen from the Nepalese Newar Buddhist community’s Shakya caste as representations of Devi, the holy feminine energy. The word Kumari comes from the Sanskrit language meaning virgin. Kumari...Read More