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About Lumbini
Lumbini is the place where Lord Buddha was born. It is also the
place were he gained enlightenment and became famous. Lumbini
gets more Pilgrimage tourits than any other city of Nepal.
Buddha is also known as Siddhartha Gautam.
Things to See / Do Here
Here one can see Maya Devi temple, the place where she gave
birth to the lord, and an Ashoka pillar which has inscriptions
identifying the spot as the birthplace, ruins of ancient stupas
and monasteries, and Pushkarni pond where Queen Mayadevi took
bath before giving birth. The Lumbini region has been developed
through Lumbini Trust, a none governmental organization. Newer
temples and monuments are being developed by foreign pilgrimage
here. All temples found in this region form this place a royal
Buddhist pilgrimages destination. The China temple located in
Lumbini is a complex of pagodas, prayer rooms and meditation
cells developed by the Buddhist Association of China. There is
also Myanmar Temple also known as Lokamani Cula Pagoda which
soars into the sky. The International Gautami Nuns temple is
also found here which is a replica of the Swayambhu stupa in
Kathmandu. Many other temples are currently under construction,
these include Japan temple, Sri Lanka temple, and Vietnam
temple.
Lumbini Museum, Lumbini International Research Institute, and
Kapilvastu Museum (situated 27km west of Lumbini in Tilaurakot)
are other places see in this region. The Kapilvastu museum has
ruins of ancient capital of Sakya kingdom where the Buddha spet
his youth as Prince Siddhartha.
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