Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Lumbini on 16 May 2022 on the occasion of Buddha Purnima at the invitation of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba. This will be the Prime Minister of India’s fifth visit to Nepal since 2014.

At Lumbini, the Indian Prime Minister will visit the sacred Mayadevi temple to offer prayers. He will also deliver an address at a Buddha Jayanti event organized by the Lumbini Development Trust under the aegis of the Government of Nepal. Separately, the Indian Prime Minister will participate in the “Shilanyas” ceremony for the construction of a center for Buddhist culture and heritage, in a plot belonging to the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), New Delhi within the Lumbini Monastic Zone. Both Prime Ministers will hold a bilateral meeting.

Indian Prime Minister Modi’s visit continues the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between India and Nepal in furtherance of our ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. It underscores the shared civilizational heritage of the people of both countries.