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Lumbini: The Birthplace of Buddha

 Tired of your stereotyped life and want to add some colours into it? Looking out for

some exotic destinations to relish your mind and body? Look no further! We’e found a

beautiful place in epal that will leae you awestruck" #s they say$ The World is a book

and those who don’t trael read only one page" With us$ explore the unchartered and

uncon%uered territories of this small yet magni&cent country ' epal"

Lumbini Terai$ an ancient part of Terai west of (hitwan is the birth place of Lord Buddha"

 The place is best known for )onauli$ the main tourist border between epal and *ndia"

)uch is the religious importance of this place that it attracts around + lac Buddhists

eery year" Listed as the ,-)(. World /eritage )ite$ this place holds enormous

archaeological and historical importance"

Words are not enough to describe the nostalgic beauty of this place" 0eople here are of

heaenly nature and leae no stone unturned in showing their hospitality" What are you

waiting for? Board a ticket to epal and en route your way to Lumbini to experience a

life1changing 2ourney"

3amous as the Buddha’s birth place$ this place remained undiscoered for centuries

until a 4erman archaeologist found the great pillar while he was hoering around the

foothills of (huria range" This place reied its signi&cance after they found out the

existence of the brick temple that depicts the scenes and scriptures of Lord Buddha’s

birth" *t is belieed that 5aya 6ei$ Buddha’s mother$ gae birth to the Lord while

resting in Lumbini under a sal tree" )anskrit and 0ali literature also boasts of the beauty

of Lumbini"

How to reach there?

Local buses run regularly between Lumbini and Bhairawa" 7ou may easily board one at a

cheap rate of 8s" 9" The 2ourney of around 9" hours is a 2oy1ride amidst traditional

farms and tall mango trees" There’s also a facility of luxury car aailable from Bhairawa

that can be boarded at a rate of 8s" ;;"

What to see?

 There are many enchanting places in Lumbini Terai that would make you spell boundwith its mesmeri B($ this place marks the birth place of )iddhartha Buddha$ who later

became the Lord Buddha" /oweer$ the garden is famously known for the

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commemoratie pillar that erected by 5auryan -mperor #shoka of *ndia back in 9+

B("n in =9> B(" The natiity site is marked by a commemoratie pillar erected by

5auryan -mperor #shoka of *ndia during his pilgrimage to the holy site in 9+ B(" *t is

spread oer s%" km ' as the spot where the -nlightened .ne was born"

Ashokan Pillar:

 To mark the grandeur occasion of *ndian emperor #shoka’s isit to Lumbini in 9+ B($ a

standstone pillar was inscribed" This pillar remained undiscoered for centuries" *t was

only after the e@orts by the goernor of 0alpa$ Ahagda )humsher 8ana who brought this

place was back into lime light" This =m high pink sandstone is of immense importance in

the eyes of epali Buddhists"

World Peace Pagoda:

 The World 0eace 0agoda$ built by ippon on Ayohogi$ depicts the ultimate illustration of 

magni&cent and mind1blowing architecture" This +C m tall structure with four di@erentBuddha statues set into the stupa’s dome facing the four cardinal directions" ear the

base of the stupa is the grae of a apanese monk$ murdered by anti1Buddhist

extremists who hated the Buddha’s population while the monument was still under

construction"

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If you are interested to learn Buddhism and Buddhist style of Meditation,

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