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t. e. Map of Lumbini in relation to other Eight Great Places Buddhist pilgrimage sites and notable nearby cities. Lumbinī (Nepali: लुम्बिनी pronounced [ˈlumbini] ⓘ, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, queen ...
Lumbini Province (Nepali: लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, romanized: Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal.The country's third largest province in terms of area as well as population, Lumbini is home to the World Heritage Site of Lumbini, where according to the Buddhist tradition, the founder of Buddhism, Gautama Buddha was born.
Maya Devi Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple situated at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lumbini, Nepal. It is the main temple at Lumbini, a site traditionally considered the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. The temple stands adjacent to a sacred pool (known as puskarni) and a sacred garden. The archaeological remains at the site were ...
Lumbini lies in present-day Rupandehi District, Lumbini zone of Nepal. [5][6] Buddhism is the second-largest religion in Nepal. According to 2001 census, 10.74% of Nepal 's population practiced Buddhism, consisting mainly of Tibeto-Burman speaking ethnicities and the Newar. [7] However, in the 2011 census, Buddhists made up just 9% of the ...
27.498°N 83.274°E. / 27.498; 83.274. World Peace Pagoda ( Nepali: विश्व शान्ति स्तूपा, Biswa Shanti Stupa), also called Nipponzan Peace Pagoda, is a Buddhist monument in Lumbini, Nepal. It was designed and built by Japanese Buddhists at a cost about a million US dollars. [ 1] The Pagoda acts as the starting ...
The Lumbini pillar inscription, also called the Paderia inscription, is an inscription in the ancient Brahmi script, discovered in December 1896 on a pillar of Ashoka in Lumbini, Nepal by former Chief of the Nepalese Army General Khadga Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana under the authority of Nepalese government and assisted by Alois Anton Führer. [1]
Lumbini - The Birthplace of Gautama Buddha. The Mecca for Buddhist followers in Nepal & all over the world. Lumbini is situated 40 km south-west of Butwal and is known as the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha. [18] Padma Chaitya Bihar a century old Buddhist monastery in the right bank of Tinau River.
Lumbini: birthplace of The Buddha as Prince Siddhartha Gautam (in Taulihawa, Lumbini, Nepal) is the most important religious site and place of pilgrimages for Buddhism. It is also approved by UNESCO for World Heritage sites as most holy place for Buddhism and world religions. Bodh Gaya: (in the current Mahabodhi Temple, Bihar, India), is the ...