Recently, a controversy broke out when Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli claimed that the "real" Ayodhya lies in Nepal, not in India and that Lord Ram was born in Thori in southern Nepal. Speaking at an event on the birth anniversary of Nepalese poet Bhanubhakta at the Prime Minister's residence in Kathmandu, Oli said that Nepal "has become a victim of cultural encroachment and its history has been manipulated."īhanubhakta was born in 1814 in Tanhu of western Nepal and is credited for translating Valmiki's Ramayan into the Nepali language.
There is no doubt that Gautam Buddha was born in Lumbini, which is in Nepal." 'Lord Ram is Nepali' The clarification read: "External Affairs Minister’s remarks yesterday at the CII event referred to our shared Buddhist heritage. India's MEA Clarifies on Jaishankar's Remark:įollowing Nepal's Foreign Ministry's statement, India's Ministry of External Affairs also issued a clarification. Official Spokesperson’s response to media queries on Gautam Buddha. Statement of Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The entire international community is aware of this," he added.
The matter remains beyond doubt and controversy and thus cannot be a subject of debate. "It is true that Buddhism spread from Nepal to other parts of the world in the subsequent period. "During his visit to Nepal in 2014, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi himself, while addressing Nepal's Legislature Parliament, had said that 'Nepal is the country where the apostle of peace in the world, Buddha, was born'," Durbar pointed out.