Kathmandu, Oct. 20 -- President Bidya Devi Bhandari concluded her four-day state visit to Burma on 19 October by inaugurating an exhibition on Lumbini, a UNESCO World Heritage Property, in Yangon's iconic Shwedagon Pagoda. Nepali foreign minister Predeep Gyawali and Burma's Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko were also present at the event.
The exhibition titled 'Lumbini, Where I was Born' brings glimpses of the Buddha's birthplace to the Burmese audience and showcases Buddhist archaeological sites of importance.
"It is a great honour to organise an exhibition in Shwedagon Pagoda, the most sacred site in Burma, holding relics of the four previous Buddhas of this era," said Vice Chair Ven Metteyya Sakyaputta o...