Lumbini "Birth place of Gautam-Buddha"

Lumbinī is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Province No. 5 in Nepal. It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mahamayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BCE. Gautama, who achieved Enlightenment sometime around 528 BCE, became the Buddha and founded Buddhism. Lumbinī ( Nepali and Sanskrit:, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Nepal. It is the place where, according to Buddhist tradition, Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in 563 BCE.

Maya Devi–Temple

This Temple is dedicated to the mother of Lord Buddha where he was known as Prince Siddhartha in early childhood. According to Buddhist tradition, Maya Devi gave birth to the Buddha on her way to her parent’s home in Devadaha in the month of May in the year 642 BC.

Bodhi Tree

Previously, Maya Devi gave birth to the Buddha on her way to her parent’s home in Devadaha in the year 642 BC.
Feeling the onset of labor pains, she caught branches of Bodhi tree and gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the future Buddha. Similarly, Gautam Siddhartha the prince after leaving worldly pleasures and comfort and meditate under a Bodhi Tree where he achieved Enlightenment and reached Buddha-hood.

Asoka Pillar

A famous historical king and emperor of India as well as a conqueror. After many years of battle to unite his kingdom converted to Buddhism religion and visited Lumbini to mark the birthright of Buddha. Significantly, he erected and built a Pillar with the inscription to prove Buddha was born in Lumbini which was the Sakya Kingdom, at present within Nepal territory. This was in 249 BC, Emperor Asoka visited Lumbini and constructed four stupas and a stone pillar.

Asoka’s Pillar bears an inscription that translates as King Piyadasi (Ashoka), beloved of devas, in the 20 years of the coronation, himself made a royal visit, Buddha Sakyamuni having been born here, a stone railing was built and a stone pillar erected to the Bhagavan [” blessed one”] having been born here. The Lumbini village was taxed reduced and entitled to the eight parts. The site was rediscovered in 1895 when a German archaeologist came upon Asoka’s Pillar, identified by its inscription. Records made by the Chinese pilgrim Fa Xian were also used in the process of identifying this religiously acclaimed site. Lumbini was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

Shanti Deep

Shanti Deep means peace of light and awaken, a place with bright Flame symbolizes warmth and light of peace. Where flame that never diminishes or extinct which gives hopes and confidence that peace is always within your reach.

World peace Pagoda

Built to spread Peace/Shanti with a Buddhist monument of Stupa. A Buddhist pagoda, built by a Japanese monks Nipponzan – Myōhōji and Morioka Sonin with local supporters under the guidance of  Nichidatsu Fujii. A Buddhist head monk founder of Nipponzan-Myōhōji, where Shanti means Peace in old Sanskrit language.

Why people travel to the birthplace of Buddha “Lumbini Nepal Tour”?

Not only Buddhist people but all interested travelers can visit the birthplace of Buddha to feel the peaceful environment with the historical and religious backdrop.
Most of the travelers besides Nepalese are from Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, China, Korea, Bhutan, and Japan with pilgrims from Myanmar and Sri-Lankan few from Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia with other Buddhist coverts of Europe and USA.

This place has its own special charm where you get soak and lost within early historical times within a tranquil and spiritual environment.