Lumbinī (Nepali and Sanskrit: लुम्बिनी, means "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in Nepal. According to Buddhist tradition, It is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the Buddha.
Lumbini is one of many magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha, it has a number of older temples and various new temples from various countries.
Sacred Garden is the core of the holy site of Lumpini, besides Maya Devi Temple in which Buddha was born, there are also many relics of Buddhism inside, you need to buy a ticket and undergo a security check to get in.
The old temples have become ruins, only the red bricked plinth and a big old tree left.
There is a small Buddha statue under the big old tree, in front of the statue scatter many offerings, which attract some rats partying around.
This white building is Maya Devi Temple, no photo is allowed inside the temple, but beside the ‘Ground Zero’ where Buddha was born and some old sculptures, there is nothing worth seeing.
Next to Maya Devi Temple is a stone pillar named ‘Pillar of Ashoka’, which gives evidence that Ashoka, emperor of the Maurya Empire, visited here in 3rd-century BCE and identified here as the birth-place of the Buddha.
Puskarini is a holy pond where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he had his first bath.
Many women are washing their hands and faces in Puskarini, do they want to give birth to a Buddha baby?
