Lumbini

As the birth place of the lord Buddha the apostle of peace and the light of Asia was born in 623Bc the sacred area of Lumbini is one of the holiest place of one of the worlds great religions and its remains contain important evidence about the nature of Buddhist pilgrims as well as visitors from many different parts of the world and also is regarded as a symbol of peace and under standing in the world community. Lumbini, in the south western tarai of Nepal, evokes a kind of holy sentiment to the million of Buddhist all over the world. Lumbini, like the Buddha, stand peace fully and calm away from the crowds of the cities, on the southern plains of the country, surrounded by forest. Lumbini is one of four Buddhist pilgrimage sites based on major events in the life of Gautama Buddha. Interestingly all of the events occurred under trees. The other three sites are Bodh Gaya (enlightenment), Sarnath ( first discourse), and Kushinagar (death).Lord Buddha believed to have been born in Lumbini as prince Siddhartha, when his mother Queen Mayadevi gave birth to the Buddha on her way to her parents home in Devdaha in the month of may in the year 642 BC. felling the onest of labor pains, she grabbed hold of the branches of a shade trees and gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the future Buddha. People here also believe that, she chose the place because of its peaceful setting. Although there are no cities or heavy population nearly, there are plans to develop the area, with gardens, trees, canal, accommodation facilities and even a library. The Buddha is said to have announced" This is my final rebirth" as he entered the world. Buddhist tradition also has it that he walked immediately after his birth and took seven steps, under each of which a lotus flower bloomed.

Lumbini is the place where the Buddha, Know as the Tathagat was born. It is the place which souled be visited and seen by a person of devotion and which should cause awareness and apprehension of the nature of impermanence. The site and its surrounding area is endowed with a rice natural setting of domestic able fauna and favourable agriculture environ. It is pointed out by scholars that the temple of Mayadevi was constructed over the foundations of more than one earlier temple or stupa and that this temple was probably built on an Asoka stupa itself. To the south of Maya Devi temple there is the famous sacred bathing pool know as puskarni, it is believed that Maya Devi took a bath in this pool before the delivery. By the side of the Asoka pillar a river which flows south east. If authenticated, the find will put Lumbini even more prominently on the map for million of religions pilgrims.