Kathmandu: India settled a row over the birthplace of Lord Buddha with Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh saying there is no controversy that Buddha was born in Nepal.
Singh's comments came in the wake of recent protests following reports in Indian media claiming that Buddha was born in India.
"Buddha was born in Lumbini, which lies in Nepal, so there is no controversy," she said in response to a question at a press conference.
After an Indian TV serial claimed that Buddha was born in Nepal, many Nepalese youth vented their ire on the streets, and lodged protests in social media like Facebook and Twitter.
"We respect all your sentiments," the Indian Embassy said in a statement.
"Our recent post on Lord Buddha was to clear any doubts related with the birth of Lord Buddha, which is in Lumbini, Nepal and to express the feeling of Government of India," it said in the statement on its official Facebook Page.
Around 300 cable operators in Nepal had blocked the broadcast of the Zee TV programme on Lord Buddha, following protests that it depicted the ancient sage as being born in India instead of the Himalayan nation.
