Indian president to visit Lumbini, Pokhara, Janakpur

Indian President Pranab Mukherjee is likely to visit Lumbini, the birthplace or Lord Buddha, the Ram Janaki Temple in Janakpur, and the tourist city of Pokhara, in the course of his Nepal visit in November. Officials from both the Nepali and Indian sides have been working on plans for the Indian president's travel to the three places outside the capital city of Kathmandu, said a highly-placed source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Mukherjee is scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu on November 2 on a three-day state visit at the invitation of President Bidyadevi Bhandari.

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