PM Modi offered prayers at Maya Devi temple, birthplace of Gautam BuddhaNew Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today reached Nepal for a four-day visit. This is his first visit to the country since ties were affected due to a border dispute in 2020. Here are the top 5 points from this story:Relations between the two countries were strained after Nepal’s previous K P Oli-led government issued a new political map in which it claimed disputed areas in the Kalapani region as its own.The ties were put back on track last month when Nepal’s current Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba visited India. During his trip, the two Prime Ministers agreed to resolve the row through the mechanism already in place.Prime Minister Modi started his Nepal visit by offering prayers at Maya Devi temple on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. He was accompanied by Prime Minister Deuba during his visit to the temple, considered to be the birthplace of Gautam Buddha.This is the Prime Minister’s fifth visit to Nepal since 2014. During the visit, he will deliver an address at the Buddha Jayanti celebrations organised by Lumbini Development Trust.The Prime Minister will also participate in the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of a centre for Buddhist culture and heritage within the Lumbini Monastic Zone.
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