Lumbini is the birthplace of Lord Buddha and located in Kapilvastu district of Nepal and has been declared as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. It is small town in the southern Terai plains is 306kms from Kathmandu.lord Buddha was born in 623 BC in Lumbini. Many Buddhist pilgrims came here to worship every years. The tourist attractions of Lumbini are the Sacred Garden, Maya Devi Temple, Puskani Pond, Ashokan Pillar, Buddha Temple and Lumbini Museum. The Sacred Garden where Buddha was born converges on the Ashoka pillar, which carries an inscription identifying the spot as the birthplace of Buddha. The Lumbini Museum has a large collection of the Mauryan and Kushana coins, religious manuscripts, terracotta fragments and stone and metal sculptures.
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