Binaj Gurubacharya
Binaj Gurubacharya is an author at Religion News Service.
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UN cultural agency decides against placing Lumbini, Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal, on endangered list
By Binaj Gurubacharya and David Rising — July 29, 2024
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Experts from UNESCO had recommended placing Lumbini on the agency's list of sites in danger, saying that the deterioration of key features to the site shows an “alarming state of conservation.”
‘Our gods were locked in the basement.’ Now Nepal is pursuing sacred items once smuggled abroad
By Binaj Gurubacharya — February 15, 2024
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Last month, four idols and masks of Hindu gods were returned to Nepal from the United States by museums and a private collector.
A spiritual leader in Nepal known as ‘Buddha Boy’ arrested on charges of rape and kidnapping
By Binaj Gurubacharya — January 10, 2024
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Bamjan is expected to be taken to a court in southern Nepal, where the alleged crimes occurred, to appear before a judge there.
Nepal’s holy Bagmati River choked with black sewage, trash
By Binaj Gurubacharya — August 17, 2022
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Tainted by garbage and raw sewage that is dumped directly into the waterway, Nepal’s holiest river has deteriorated so greatly that today it is also the country’s most polluted.
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