Kapilvastu, Dec. 6 -- Visit Nepal Year 2020 is less than a month away and to make it a success, various publicity programmes have been launched in and outside the country. However, a historic destination Tilaurakot, in Kapilvastu, has been left out of all publicity campaigns and preparedness efforts, according to the District Coordination Committee in Kapilvastu.

"Tilaurakot is a significant part of Nepal's history because this was where Siddartha Gautam spent 29 years of his life before he chose the path of enlightenment," said Narayan Khanal, chief of the District Coordination Committee in Kapilvastu. "This place has always fallen under the authorities' radar. But for Visit Nepal Year 2020, Tilaurakot has been left out of published mat...