Grand preparations are in full swing at Lumbini ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Nepal. PM Modi will pay a visit to Nepal’s Lumbini on May 16 on the occasion of Buddha Purnima. Hoardings have been put up all along the highway leading to Lumbini, hailing Indo-Nepal relations. At Lumbini, PM Modi will offer prayers at the sacred Mayadevi Temple. He will participate in the foundation laying ceremony of the Centre for Buddhist Culture and Heritage to be built with Indian assistance. PM Modi will also hold a bilateral meeting with his Nepali counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba at Lumbini. This will be Prime Minister’s fifth visit to Nepal since 2014.