Lumbini

Statue of load Buddha

German

• Lumbini is the birthplace of Lord Buddha. Gautama Buddha was born in Lumbini in 563 before christ as the son of king Suddhodhana and Queen Maya of the Sakya Kingdom(some scientist say 485 bc).It is situated 230 km away from Kathmandu in Rubandehi District , at an altitude of 600 ft. above sea level. Lumbini, respected by all Buddhists. In 1998, Lumbini was declared as the Fountain of world peace and the pilgrimage for all the peace loving people of the world.Lumbini located 25 km east of the municipality of Kapilavastu, where the Buddha is said to have lived till the age of 29. Kapilvastu is the name of the place in question as well as of the neighbouring district. Lumbini has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi temple,Chinese, Japanese ,Germany's Myanmar temple etc Gumba are there and others under construction like Korean Gumba . Also here is the Puskarini or Holy Pond - where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath - as well as the remains of Kapilvastu palace.

•               Some notes on these Temples, Garden,Statue  etc Mayadevi Temple : This temple, dedicated to the mother of lord Buddha- Maya Devi, was excavated a few years ago. Many sculptures and carving in which the figures and designs are only slightly projecting from their background are seen here.There we can see the foot step of load buddha .And we cant take picture inside there.The inside structure is so old and its all stand in support of woods pillar.  

  

  Garden of LUMBINI

 

 

 

The Lumbini Garden : This is the site marked by a certain stone pillar erected by the Indian Emperor  Ashoka at about 245 B.C. The most important discovery in this place is a stone marked to suggest the exact birthplace of Buddha.  • Ramagram : It is believed to be the maternal home of Buddha. This is where we can see the biggest stupa, with important relics. It is said that it was built around 600 B.C.The  Myanmar temple was built with the contribution from Burmese Buddhist. The monastery is an attractive big white structural monument with a golden pinnacle soaring into the sky.

The German temple is made in 18 dec 2009(complete date).This temple is so beautiful its art and technology is perfect.The garden and the fountain are take us in different era.  The China temple, which is a very beautiful pagoda styled temple with many prayer and meditation cells.Its garden also very beautiful .Many plants of china also dug in the garden which  really effort on the beauty of temple.

Korean Temple

                                                                                 The Korean Temple is a beautifully set temple having many remarkable images of Buddha. It is not complete but with in few month its work is finished.Its seems so nice that Korean monks come and see the temple and help to finished the job. 

ponds of lumbini

Besides these, there are others like the Nepal Buddhia Temple and the Dharmaswami Buddhist monastery. Other countries like Japan,Sri Lanka, Thailand , Vietnam , etc. are also contributing to build more temples and monasteries.Some are finished and some are going to finish.Its not finish to visit in one day its take lots of day 'cause its area is so big and there are lots and lots of temple statue are to see.