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![Modi Visits the Buddha’s Birthplace in Nepal Modi Visits the Buddha’s Birthplace in Nepal](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-26-150426.jpg)
Modi Visits the Buddha’s Birthplace in Nepal
By Santosh Sharma Poudel
The Indian prime minister’s religious diplomacy could make Nepal a pawn in India’s domestic politics, even make it appear complicit in BJP’s communal politics.
![What Lies Behind Modi’s Nepal Visit? What Lies Behind Modi’s Nepal Visit?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-24-151008.jpg)
What Lies Behind Modi’s Nepal Visit?
By Bipin Ghimire and Apoorva Pathak
The choice to visit Lumbini for Buddha's birthday was carefully crafted both religiously and geopolitically.
![China Is Winning the War for Nepali Buddhism China Is Winning the War for Nepali Buddhism](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-c1dbdc43-b418-47e6-a6de-d1fc2c32ab00-1.jpg)
China Is Winning the War for Nepali Buddhism
By Lauren Jackson
China's inroads in Nepal mean increasing control over Buddhist heritage sites – with implications for Tibet.
![Lumbini Discovery: Time to Push Back the Buddha’s Birthday? Lumbini Discovery: Time to Push Back the Buddha’s Birthday?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sizes/thumbnail/Lumbini.jpg)
Lumbini Discovery: Time to Push Back the Buddha’s Birthday?
Buddhism’s central figure may have lived more than a century earlier than previously thought.
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