Please go through the following sites. The Indian dhotis have been claiming that Buddha was born in India NOT IN Nepal ignoring the UNESCO world heritage list where it is clearly mentioned that Buddha was born in Nepal. http://www.toshalisands.com/buddha/ http://orissamatters.com/news/index.php/2003/11/13/buddha-and-jaydev-both-are-oriyas-by-birth http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/16spec.htm