Lumbini | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 11/05/2019

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00:01:14 1 In Buddha's time
00:02:15 2 Pillar of Ashoka
00:03:27 2.1 Excavation at the Mayadevi Temple in 2013
00:04:29 3 Present-day
00:07:26 4 On the Nepali rupee
00:08:13 5 Transport
00:08:50 6 Places to visit in Lumbini
00:09:11 7 New Hotel Construction in Lumbini
00:09:51 8 Foreign visitors (2012–2014)
00:10:03 9 Gallery
00:10:11 10 See also



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Lumbinī (Nepali and Sanskrit: लुम्बिनी listen , "the lovely") 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 some time around 528 BCE, became the Buddha and founded Buddhism. Lumbini is one of many magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha.
Lumbini has a number of older temples, including the Mayadevi Temple, and various new temples, funded by Buddhist organisations from various countries, have been completed or are still under construction. Many monuments, monasteries and a museum, and the Lumbini International Research Institute are also within the holy site. Also, there is the Puskarini, or Holy Pond, where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he had his first bath. At other sites near Lumbini, earlier Buddhas were, according to tradition, born, then achieved ultimate Enlightenment and finally relinquished their earthly forms.
Lumbini was made a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1997.