It stated that Gautam Buddha was born two hundred years before King Ashoka reign. Birthplace of Gautam Buddha is regarded as Lumbini in Nepal. It is said that when his pregnant mother Maya was leaving Kapilvastu to deliver Gautama at her father’s place she gave birth to a beautiful child in the gardens of Lumbini below the sal tree. The child was named Siddhartha who later on came to be known as Gautama Buddha. It was hermit Asita who declared that the child would either become a great king or a holy man.
The birthplace of Gautam Buddha is situated on the foothills of Himalaya in the kingdom of Nepal and the day on which Siddhartha Gautam was born is celebrated as Vesak. King Ashoka visited the Lumbii forest and constructed four stupas and stone pillars with horse figure on top of it.
Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha remained neglected for centuries before a German archaeologist discovered the famous pillars in 1895 in the foothills of Churia range and on further excavation a brick temple and sandstone sculpture was discovered within the temple which depiction of Buddha’s birth.
On the south of the Maya Devi Temple is Puskarni which is the famous sacred bathing pool and it stated that Maya Devi took a bath in this pool before delivering the baby. I 1996 a flawless stone placed by Emperor Ashoka was discovered which was placed in 249 BC to mark the birth of Buddha 2,600 years ago.
A visit to the birthplace of Gautama Buddha not only leads to spiritual enlightenment but also brings peace in life.
Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha remained neglected for centuries before a German archaeologist discovered the famous pillars in 1895 in the foothills of Churia range and on further excavation a brick temple and sandstone sculpture was discovered within the temple which depiction of Buddha’s birth.
On the south of the Maya Devi Temple is Puskarni which is the famous sacred bathing pool and it stated that Maya Devi took a bath in this pool before delivering the baby. I 1996 a flawless stone placed by Emperor Ashoka was discovered which was placed in 249 BC to mark the birth of Buddha 2,600 years ago.
A visit to the birthplace of Gautama Buddha not only leads to spiritual enlightenment but also brings peace in life.
