Lumbini Photo Gallery
birth place of Lord Buddha.

Welcome to Lumbini and discover its historical beauty.

Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal, 300 kilometers from Kathmandu and 190 kilometers south of Pokhara.  It is the place where Queen Mayadevi have given birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. Lumbini is one of four magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha.

Lumbini has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi temple, and others under construction. Also here is the Puskarini or Holy Pond - where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath - as well as the remains of Kapilvastu palace. This is also known as the pilgrimage destination of the world's millions of Buddhists as well as other researchers and visitors. This is one of the World Heritage site listed by UNESCO.
 

Lord Buddha, the symbol of peace and the light of Asia was born here in Lumbini in 623 B.C. The main attraction of Lumbini, the Sacred garden is spread over 2.56 sp. km., which possesses all the treasures of the historic area. The Ashokan Pillar, carring an inscription identifying the holy site as the birthplace, is suited in the Secred Garden. Next to the Ashoka Pilleris the Mayadevi Temple, which house a base relief depicting the Nativity Sculpture. In 1996 excavations have discovered a peace of a stone that indicates the exact spot of Loard Buddha. Puskarni - Sacred Pool, where queen Mayadevi, the Lord Buddha's mother took a holy bath bifore the birth, lies to the south of the pillar. As a global initiative promote Lumbini as a center for world peace, many countries have constructed temples, monasteries and stupas in the International Monastic Zone.

Photos from Lumbini Nepal - Birth place of Lord Buddha
Places of Visitors Interest in Lumbini.
  • The Mayadevi Temple
  • The Ashokan Piller
  • The Nativity Sculpture
  • Puskarini, The Secred Pool
  • Sanctum, The Sacred Birth Place
  • International Monastic Zone
  • The World Peace Pagoda
  • Lumbini International Research institute
  • Lumbini Crane Sanctuary
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