PM Modi Arrives in Nepal on Two-Day Visit Janakpur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Nepal on a two-day bilateral visit, on Friday, 11 May. During the visit, Modi will hold talks with the country's top leadership to build mutual trust.
Nepal Defence Minister Ishwar Pokhrel and Province 2 Chief Minister Lalbabu Raut received Prime Minister Modi at the airport.
This is the third visit of Prime Minister Modi to Nepal and the first high-level visit from India since the formation of the new government in Nepal this year.
In Janakpur, Modi will visit the 20th century Janaki temple and offer special prayers. Later, Prime Minister Modi will be accorded a civic reception by the Janakpur Sub-Metropolitan City at Barhabigha ground.
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has reached Janaki temple to welcome his Indian counterpart.
(With inputs from PTI)
PM Modi Wraps up Nepal Visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, 12 May, wrapped up his two-day visit to Nepal, where he held talks with his counterpart KP Sharma Oli and visited famed 20th century Janaki temple, Mukhtinath and Pashupatinath temples.
Modi boarded a special aircraft at the Tribhuvan International Airport to return home. Nepal Foreign Minister Pradip Gyawali bid farewell to him at the airport.
PM Modi and Nepal PM Met Five Times Yesterday: MEA
In a press conference in Nepal, MEA Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said that the meeting between PM Modi and PM Oli was “successful” and that the PM met former prime ministers and other political leaders of the country as well.
PM Modi and PM Oli met five times yesterday, he added.
Modi Meets Nepal's Former PM and Members of the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal
PM Modi met Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, former Prime Minister of Nepal in Kathmandu.
He also met Mahanta Thakur and other members of Rastriya Janta Party Nepal (RJPN).
PM Modi with Mahanta Thakur.
(Photo: ANI)
After Muktinath, PM Modi Visits Pashupatinath Temple: ANI
After wrapping up his visit to the Muktinath temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Pashupatinath temple in Nepal's capital Kathmandu.
He arrived at Kathmandu in an IAF chopper and he immediately embarked on to a visit to the Pashupatinath temple.
Prime Minister Modi was greeted by officials and several local leaders of Kathmandu. He offered prayers to the deity as priests made suitable arrangements for the same.
He further signed the visitor's book and was presented a miniature of the Pashupatinath temple by the authorities.
Now Prime Minister Modi will depart for the Hyatt Regency in Kathmandu where he is scheduled to meet the Nepali Congress, former prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', former foreign affairs minister Upendra Yadav, and the members of Rashtriya Janata Party.
He is scheduled to depart to return to India after receiving a civic reception in Kathmandu at Rashtriya Sabha Griha.