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English

Lumbini awakens at 5:00 a.m. The sounds of drums, bells, and chanting in Pali, Tibetan, and Japanese carry across the canal, and soon after, a sangha of dogs and wild jackals joins in. Time is loosely kept in Nepal, where clocks are set fifteen minutes off the rest of the time zone, as if to officially sanction a culture outside the world’s hectic routine. In Lumbini, each monastery rings the hour, as likely with a rusty kitchen pot or tractor gear swinging from a bamboo post as with a traditional chime or gong.Despite not being finished, many of the monasteries do have monks and nuns in residence and offer room and board to guests, supported by donations.

Nepali

नेपाल सरकार तथा नेपाली राजनेताका लागि बुद्ध, बुद्ध जन्मस्थल लुम्बिनी आदि विशेष चासोको केन्द्र बन्नथालेको यिनै अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय अनुकूलता र अवसरहरूले गर्दा नै हुन् । तसर्थ क्षण–प्रतिक्षण नेताहरूको अभिव्यक्तिमा आजकाल बुद्ध अनि लुम्बिनी चर्चा छ । चाहे पञ्चवर्षीय योजना तर्जुमाको टेबलमा होस्, चाहे वैदेशिक कूटनीतिक सम्बन्ध विस्तारका क्रममा होस्, सरकारी अधिकारी तथा कार्यकारी वर्ग बुद्ध तथा लुम्बिनीको उच्चारण गर्नमा छुटाउँदैनन् ।