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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Nepal on Monday is aimed at exerting soft power on India’s South Asian neighbor, besides the heavy influence it has on the country’s politics and economy, at a time when India’s increasingly aggressive image has provoked many in Nepal, Chinese experts said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday left for home after concluding his day-long visit to Nepal's Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, during which he held bilateral talks with his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba and offered prayers at the sacred Maya Devi temple on the occasion of Budhha Purnima.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm welcome from the Indian community in Nepal's Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of a Centre of Buddhist Culture and Heritage in Lumbini, on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Jayanti.
He was accompanied by his Nepalese counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba during his visit to the historic temple, the birth place of Gautam Buddha