Lumbini, NepalAI generated

Lumbini

Nepal · 150 m

Short description of Lumbini

Lumbini (लुम्बिनी) is where Siddhartha Gautama, later the Buddha, is held to have been born, and it has been a place of pilgrimage since antiquity. The Maya Devi Temple encloses the excavated brick foundations of earlier shrines and a marker stone identifying the birth spot, and beside it stand a sacred pond and a pillar raised by the emperor Ashoka in the third century BC, whose inscription is the earliest evidence that the site was already venerated then. UNESCO inscribed the site in 1997. Around the sacred garden a large monastic zone laid out to a master plan by Kenzo Tange gives each Buddhist country a plot, so a walk of an hour passes Thai, Myanmar, Chinese, Korean and German temples in their own national styles. The surrounding plain holds further excavated sites, including Tilaurakot, generally identified as the Kapilvastu where the Buddha grew up.

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Recommended length of stay

Minimum1 day
Optimal2 days
Maximum3 days

Travel seasons at a glance

Best time to visit: November – February

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All highlights and sightsBeta

  1. Maya Devi Temple
  2. Sacred Garden (UNESCO World Heritage)
  3. Ashoka Pillar
  4. Sacred Pond Puskarini
  5. Bodhi Tree with Prayer Flags
  6. International Monastic Zone
  7. World Peace Pagoda
  8. Myanmar Golden Temple
  9. Royal Thai Monastery
  10. Chinese Monastery (Zhong Hua)
  11. Korean Temple Dae Sung Shakya
  12. Eternal Peace Flame
  13. Lumbini Museum
  14. German Lotus Stupa (Drigung Kagyud)
  15. Sri Lankan Monastery
  16. Mahabodhi Society Temple of India
  17. International Gautami Nuns Temple
  18. Tilaurakot (Ancient Kapilvastu)(Day trip)
  19. Meditation and Vipassana Centres
  20. Central Canal and Pilgrim Walkway
  21. Kapilvastu Museum(Day trip)
  22. Lumbini Crane Sanctuary
  23. Cycling Tour of the Lumbini Development Zone
  24. Kudan (Nyigrodharama)(Day trip)
  25. Niglihawa with Broken Ashokan Pillar(Day trip)
  26. Ramagrama Stupa(Day trip)
  27. Gothihawa(Day trip)
  28. Sagarhawa(Day trip)
  29. Araurakot(Day trip)
  30. Devadaha(Day trip)

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