Lumbini
Lumbini
Introduction :-
Lumbini is the most scared place for Buddhist as well as a glories spot for the country because Sakyamuni or siddhartha Gautam of Lord Buddha was born here in 623 BC for centuries Buddhust all over
the world knew that Lumbini was the birthplace of Lord Buddha,Though its exact location was unknown. The Chinese pilgrims pf ancient times Huan Tsang and Faeitian indicted to this are says, Lumbini where
Lord was born is a piece of heaven on Earth and one could see the snow-covered mountains among the splendid garden embedded with monastries and stupas. Though the pilgrims described the location its exact location still remained
uncertain still obsccure untill Dec 1st 1886 in 1886 German Archaeologist Dr. Alois A.Furthr came across a stone pillar and a ascertained beyond doubt that it is the birthplace of Gautam Buddha.
The Ashoka pillar discoverd by the German Archoelogist Dr.Fuhrer is the first epigraphic evidence relation to the lifehistory of Gautam Buddha. It is also the most visible Landmark of the Lu?i Garden. It is said that hte great Indian Impreor
Ashoka visit this area on the twentieth year of his ascenancy to the throne and erected this pillar as homepage to the birthplace of the Lord and this visit to this scared place. The inscrption the pillar confirms that the location of Lumbini
garden as the birthplace of Lord Buddha. the inscription reads 'Sakyamuni Buddha the blessed one was born here". The inscription engraved on the pillar indicates the historical evidence that Lord Gautam Buddha was born in Nepal in addition to the pillar
another important shrine is the bas relief statue of Maya Devi Enshrined in Pagoda the image shows Mayadevi mother of the lord supporting herself by holding on with her right hand to the branch of a sal tree with newly born Buddha standing upright an a lotus pesdestal on oval halo.
Earliest the image of Mayadevi temple was currently dismanted to make way for further excavations which revealted the sanctum the excat spot where Buddha was born.
