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Map of Lumbini in relation to other Eight Great Places Buddhist pilgrimage sites and notable nearby cities. Lumbinī (Lumbini, pronounced ⓘ, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal.
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 and ruins of ancient monasteries. Maya Devi temple houses the marker stone and the nativity sculpture related to the birth of Gautama Buddha.The ancient Maya Devi temple was built during the visit of emperor Ashoka in Lumbini around 249 BC using burnt bricks to safeguard the marker stone and nativity sculpture [7] The radiocarbon dating of the posthole alignments from the ...
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 (Nepali: लुम्बिनी अञ्चल Listen ⓘ) was one of the fourteen zones of Nepal until the restructure of zones to provinces.Within the zone is the city of Lumbini, widely believed to be the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, [1] the founder of Buddhism and renowned as a major Buddhist pilgrimage site.
Although very little is known about the early history of Nepal, legends and documented references reach far back to the 30th century BC. [14] Also, the presence of historical sites such as the Valmiki ashram, indicates the presence of Sanatana (ancient) Hindu culture in parts of Nepal at that period.
A map showing Lumbini and other major Buddhist sites in India. Lumbini (present-day Nepal), is the birthplace of the Buddha, [126] [b] and is also a holy place for many non-Buddhists. [127] Mayadevi Temple marking the Buddha's birthplace in Lumbini The Lumbini pillar contains an inscription stating that this is the Buddha's birthplace.
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 ]