LUMBINI

LUMBINI is the birth place of Lord Buddha and about 327km southest of the capital is a revered pilgrimage destination for Buddhist worldwide and a World Heritage Site. The Sorawling Lumbini Gardens is spread over eight square kilometer and its center of attraction is the historic Mayadevi Temple with the famous Ashoka Pillar nearby. To the south of this is the sacred ponds, Puscarini(or Holi Pond), where queen Mayadevi is said to have taken a bath just before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautam, who later came to de known as Lord Buddha. Prince Siddhartha is also believed to have had his first purification bath in Puskarini