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The Right Honorable Prime Minister of Nepal

Singha DarbarKathmandu, Nepal.

Re: Informing the world about the birth place of the Buddha

As part of the World Peace Movement, Nepalese people living in different parts of the

world last year decided to commemorate Lumbini and Kapilavastu, the holy places where

Gautam Buddha was born and grew up, by observing Kapilvastu Day as a global holidaywith the objectives;

y to spread Buddha messages all over the world to enhance world peace,y to work together with other organizations working for the peace in the world;y to campaign to clear all sorts of misinformation among world citizens related

with birth place of the Buddha. The Buddha is revered as a Messenger ofPeace. He is also known as the Light of Asia who is actually the Light of the

world also as his message of peace and nonviolence has become morerelevant as the world is facing the problems of violence today. The world

today has become more violent than ever before. Therefore, we have decidedto spread the messages of the Buddha all over the world by observing

Kapilvastu Day every year.

Originally, on December 1, 1896, Dr Anton Fhrer, a German archaeologist, had

discovered the Buddhas birthplace when he found the Asoka Pillar at Lumbini. Eventhough this site was first discovered by Khadga Shamsher Rana before Fhrer had

reached the site but the latter is credited with this discovery as he made it known to theinternational community. Therefore, keeping in view of the discovery day of this holy

site, it was decided to observe December 1 as the Kapilavastu Day. The historicKapilavastu, located close to Lumbini, is another holy pilgrimage for the Buddhists. It is

the place where the Buddha grew up and which he later renounced seeking to understandthe cause of human sufferings. The result of years of excavations and researches by

national and international teams have proven that Tilaurakot is the historic Kapilvastuwhich UNESCO should certify as another World Heritage, next to Lumbini.

All the misinformation on the birth place of Buddha is due to vigorous intentional

campaign being carried out by some Indian Media, writers and organizations.. Now it hasalso come to the light, that course books in many countries contain wrong information

about the Buddha due to such misinformation spread on ill intent which was neverexpected before this movement. We Kapilvastu Day Movement Team together with

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275,00,000 Nepalese living in Nepal and abroad, all sovereign Nepalis: intellectuals, civilsociety leaders, patriotic, democratic, progressive, and reasonable, rational minds of all

walks of life, our peace and justice loving international friends and internationalcommunities and all the Buddhist followers and scholars, therefore, strongly condemn

such unethical activities. Even the fake Kapilvastu is also reported under speedy

construction and which will be completed in201

2. This sorts of activities could createmisunderstanding in existing good relationship and friendship between two countries

since many centuries. Such, unethical and irresponsible activities may cause distrust in

the friendship between two great neighbors Nepal and India. Nepal and India should beaware of it and do whatever is required to stop such elements and activities prior to it

damaging the historical friendship between two countries. To boost up the relationshipbetween two countries, this kind of problem must be sorted out as soon as possible. After

celebrating Kapilvastu Day Globally first time on 1st

of December, 2009, we haveorganized lots of campaigns to correct misinformation on the birth place of Buddha and

google corrected its mistake. Still there are lots of areas to be corrected and for thiswithout Nepal governments involvement it could take years and years. We, therefore,

would like to request Nepal government to deal with Indian government directly againstfake Kapilvastu issue and on other issues - especially to correct course books - through

diplomatic missions.

Respectfully yours,

Ram Kumar ShresthaGlobal Coordinator

Kapilvastu Day MovementAnd,

All sovereign Nepalese: intellectuals, civil society leaders, patriotic, democratic,progressive, and reasonable and rational minds of all walks of life, our peace and justice

loving international friends and international communities.

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