Nepal
Lumbini
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Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. According to sacred texts and Buddhist commentaries, Queen Maya gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, in Lumbini, c. 563 BCE. Lumbini is one of four most sacred pilgrimage sites pivotal in the life of the Buddha.
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What to see in Lumbini
Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini
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 …
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Lumbini pillar inscription
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 fo…
Photo: Alois Anton Führer (26 November 1853, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany – 5 November 1930 Binningen, Switzerland) · Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
World Peace Pagoda, Lumbini
World Peace Pagoda, 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. The Pa…
Photo: Samman Humagain · CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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