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	Lumbini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lumbini (Sanskrit for "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site located in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Zone of Nepal near the Indian border.
		Lumbini is located 25kms east of the municipality of Kapilavastu, the place where the Buddha grew up and lived up to the age of 29.
		Lumbini, as of 1997, is an UNESCO World Heritage Site specifically nominated for the international World heritage program.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lumbini (203 words)

	Lumbini Development Trust - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Twenty-eight kilometres west of Lumbini lies Tilaurakot; the capital of the Sakyas, and 38 kilometres east of Lumbini is Devadaha, the capital of the Koliyas.
		Buddhist literature describes Lumbini as a pradimoksha-vana blessed with blooming sal trees and masses of beautiful flowers, and as a place where bees of five colours hum The sweet warbling of various birds and other natural scenery in Lumbini was -ompared to the Chittalata (mind-captivating) grove of Indra's paradise in heaven (Ven.
		Lumbini village was still in existence hen Emperor Asoka visited Lumbini in his pilgrimage tour in the P century BC, as mentioned in his commemorative pillar at Lumbini (Lummini game).
	www.lumbinitrust.com /www/html/files/history.htm (844 words)

	Travel-NEPAL.com, The Ultimate Site On NEPAL - Places To See - Lumbini.
		Lumbini, the place where Lord Buddha was born, it has been a popular destination for Buddhist pilgrims along side visitors from many parts of the world, which has become a symbol of peace and understanding for the world community.
		Lumbini like Buddha stands peacefully and calm, away from the crowds of the cities, on the southern plains of the country, surrounded by forests.
		Buddha was believed to be born in Lumbini as Prince Sidhartha, when his mother Queen Mahamaya of Kapilbastu stopped to rest on her way to her parent's palace in a neighboring country some 2,600 years ago.
	www.travel-nepal.com /places/lumbini.html (300 words)

	Hoasen:Lumbini - Buddha's Birthplace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lumbini is situated at the foothills of the Himalayas in modern Nepal.
		Lumbini is considered to be the place where Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, was born over 2500 years ago.
		About 30km east of Lumbini is the village of Tilaurakot which is believed to have been the location of the Kapilvastu royal palace where the Buddha grew up as the Shakya dynasty prince, until he renounced it at the age of 29 in search of enlightenment.
	www.saigon.com /~hoasen/lumbini.htm (977 words)

	Lumbini Marathon 2004 in Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lumbini International Marathon is slated to organise on the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, an apostle of Peace.
		Lumbini is 285 km south-west of Kathmandu and 21 km west of Bhairahawa, a city close to Indian border of Uttar Pradesh.
		Lumbini International Marathon is an international marathon being held in Nepal for the first time in the history of Nepalese sports.
	www.himexnepal.com /haset/lumbini.htm (724 words)

	Lumbini
		Lumbini is located in Nepal, near the Indian border town of Sonauli.
		The Lumbini pillar (also known as the Rummindei pillar) stands today majestically proclaiming that here the Buddha was born).
		Upon entering Lumbini Garden, the most visible landmark is a tall pillar surrounded by an iron fence.
	www.buddhistpilgrimage.info /lumbini.htm (1568 words)

	Lumbini Crane Sanctuary: A Model of Local Conservation Initiative
		Lumbini development area' habitat consists of 58% grasslands, 40% secondary forest and 2% wetlands (rivers and ponds).
		The Lumbini area is one such area, with 248 bird species recorded in and around the site between 1988 and 1995.
		The Lumbini area is significant for the conservation of fish and herpetofauna found in small flowing and still water bodies.
	srdis.ciesin.columbia.edu /cases/nepal-014.html (2418 words)

	Lumbini Development Trust - About Lumbini Development Trust (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the national level Lumbini Development Trust was constituted in order to present before the people of the world and commitment of His Majesty's Government of Nepal to project goal and ideal of development of Lumbini more effectively and operate the Lumbini Development Plan in a more co-ordinated and smooth manner.
		In 1970, the 13 National International committee for the development of Lumbini was formed in New York under the chairmanship of the permanent representative of the Kingdom of Nepal to the United Nations.
		The Lumbini Development Committee existing at the time of the commencement of this Act shall continue to function under this Act until the Plan Implementation Committee is constituted in accordance with Sub-section (1).
	www.lumbinitrust.com (2021 words)

	Holy Sites of Buddhism: Lumbini - Buddha's Birthplace
		Lumbini is the place where the Buddha, known as the Tathagata* was born.
		Maya Devi, his mother, gave birth to the child on her way to her parent's home in Devadaha while taking rest in Lumbini under a sal tree in the month of May in the year 642 B.C. The beauty of Lumbini is described in Pali and Sanskrit literature.
		A visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, is not only for spiritual enlightenment but also for solace and satisfaction that one gets in such a calm and peaceful place.
	www.buddhanet.net /e-learning/buddhistworld/lumbini.htm (629 words)

	Lumbini
		Lumbini, in the South-Western Terai of Nepal and the foothills of Churia range, evokes holy sentiment to the millions of Buddhists all over the world - as Jerusalem to Christians and Mecca to Muslims.
		The inscriptions in the pillar roughly translates as: “Kin Piyadesi beloved of the Gods, having been anointed 20 yeas, came himself and worshipped saying Here Buddha Shakyamuni was born: And he caused to make a stone (capital) representing a horse; and he caused (this) stone pillar to be erected.
		The single most important place of the Lumbini (and to the entire Buddhist world for that matter) is the stoneslab-located deep in the Sanctum sanctorum.
	www.spiritualjourneys.net /Venues/lumbini.htm (508 words)

	Nepal Home Page Travel Guide: The Most Comprehensive Guide to Nepal Travellers. News, Travel, Himalayas, Music, Food, ...
		Situated at the Terai plains of the southern Nepal, Lumbini is the place where Siddhartha Gautam, the Shakya Prince and the ultimate Buddha, the Enlighted One, was born in 623 BC.
		The main attraction at Lumbini remains the Sacred Garden, which is spread over 8 sq.km and possesses all the treasures of the historic area.
		Kapilvastu Museum is situated 27 km west of Lumbini in the village of Tilaurakot.
	www.nepalhomepage.com /travel/places/terai/lumbini.html (890 words)

	Tourism of India - Holiday Ideas
		Lumbini grove, the sacred site of Lord Buddha's birth is today a small village in Nepal, 27kms from Sonauli on the Indo-Nepal border.
		Lumbini Dharmodaya Samiti Dharmashala, a Theravada Buddhist Vihara, established in 1956, is just outside the complex.
		Lumbini is in Nepal, 27 kms from the Indian border at Sonauli.
	www.tourismofindia.com /hibuddh/buddh_lumbini.htm (656 words)

	Lumbini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lumbini, the birth-place of this great Sage, acquired the holy status as a site of pilgrimage for all the Buddhists and peace seekers of the world.
		The garden of Lumbini mentioned as Lumini Canana, Lumbini Vatica, Lumbini Upavana, and Lumbini Cittalavana in early scriptures is situated on the bank of river Telar at the eastern edge of the sakya kingdom of Kapilvastu.
		Legends have it that Brahma, Indra and other divinities were on the hand to welcome the birth of the future Buddha and that warm and cold water springs were promptly created for the infant's first bath and a pool of oily water for the purificatory bath of the queen's body.
	www.devdaha.com.np /lumbini.htm (367 words)

	Visit Lord Budha - Lumbini
		The birth place of Lord Buddha Lumbini is situated at the foothills of the Himalayas in modern Nepal.
		The garden of Lumbini mentioned as Lumbini Canana, Lumbini Vatica, Lumbini Upavana, and Lumbini Cittalavana in early scriptures is situated on the bank of river Telar at the eastem edge of the Sakya Kingdom of Kapilvastu.
		The village of Tilaurakot, about 30 Km east of Lumbini is believed to have been the location of the Kapilvastu - the place where the Buddha grew up as the Shakya dynasty prince, until he renounced it at the age of 29 in search of enlightenment.
	www.visitlordbuddha.com /cities/lumbini.htm (727 words)

	lumbini nepal, buddha birth place of lord buddha, Buddhist shrines in Nepal, buddhist portal, kapilvastu nepal, ...
		Lumbini-a place in the South-Western Terai of Nepal, evokes a kind of holy sentiment to the millions of Buddhists all over the world-as do the Jerusalem to Christians and Mecca to Muslims.
		Lumbini is the place Lord Buddha -the apostle of peace and the light of Asia was born in 623 B. C., Located in the flat plains of south-Western Nepal and the foothills of Churia range, Lumbini and its surrounding area is endowed with a rich natural setting of domesticable fauna and favourable agricultural environ.
		The monastery-of the Buddhist temple is built inside the surrounding complex of Lumbini in the manner of modern Buddhist shrines in Nepal.
	www.nepaltravelinfo.com /lumbini.htm (1166 words)

	Headline News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
		Lumbini, Feb. 2: Urging both the government and the Lumbini Development Trust (LDT) to expedite the implementation of the recommendations of the World Buddhist Summit held three years back in Lumbini, the Second International Buddhist Conference concluded here today.
		The two-day conference with the theme "Lumbini in the New Millennium: The Role of Youth and the Community" wound up by adopting unanimously the "Lumbini Declaration" which has tried to address the existing problems barricading the development tasks of the Lumbini area, its challenges and prospects.
		However, one shortcoming of the conference was that there was hardly any presence of the local communities and youths, the theme of the conference as well as of the papers that were presented during the meet.
	www.nepalnews.com.np /contents/englishdaily/trn/2001/feb/feb03 (2953 words)

	Buddha's birthplace
		Situated in the flat, steamy lowlands of southwestern Nepal, Lumbini is not only off the beaten track, it is away from an adequate supply of sewer pipes, telephone lines, electric lights, clean sheets and mosquito control.
		On Tuesday, it convened a two-day conference of religious leaders and political officials from 19 nations, trying to promote Lumbini as "the fountain of world peace" and open the way for a torrent of pilgrims and tourists to this impoverished country of 21 million.
		But with the Muslim invasions of the subcontinent, Lumbini was abandoned as a religious shrine, its location ceded to uncertainty.
	www2.kenyon.edu /Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln260/Lumbini.htm (1184 words)

	Lumbini Garden, Nepal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lumbini was ‘rediscovered’ as the birthplace of Buddha in recent history by a Euro anthropologist.
		The pool is evidently the place where Buddha’s mother, queen Maya Devi stopped to have a bath (being here at about the same time of year as I am I can see why she wanted to cool down) and out popped the Light of Asia mid-dip fully verbal from the first minute.
		In the present day a revival of this kind of pilgrimage and order representation is under way — each country in the process of putting up a temple that reflects their way of doing the Buddhist thing.
	www.gorustic.com /lumbini.htm (369 words)

	Hotel Nirvana - About Lumbini
		Lumbini in Nepal is the hallowed cradle of Buddhism and birthplace of Lord Buddha.
		Lumbini has attained great heights of civilization and prosperity.
		A little distance away are the ancient ruins of Tilaurakot where the Buddha as Prince Siddhartha renounced the riches of his father's Kingdom in search of truth.
	www.nirvana.com.np /aboutlumbini.htm (304 words)

	LUMBINI - LoveToKnow Article on LUMBINI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		And on the ground that the Buddha,, the Sakiya sage, was born here, he (the king) had a flawless stone cut, and put up a pillar.
		And further, since the Exalted One was born in it, he reduced taxation in the village of LumbinI, and established the dues at one-eighth part (of the crop).
		There is a small shrine at the spot, containing a has-relief representing the birth of the Buddha.
	30.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LU/LUMBINI.htm (849 words)

	Lumbini - Visit with Discover - Nepal . com
		Lumbini is the hallowed birthplace of Siddhartha Gautam, the Shakya prince, the eventual Shakyamuni and the ultimate Buddha - the Enlightened One.
		The main attraction at Lumbini is the Sacred Garden that is spread over 8 sq km and possesses all the treasures of the historic area.
		The inscription on it in Brahmi script authenticates Lumbini as the place where the Buddha has born in 623 BC.
	discover-nepal.tripod.com /lumbini.htm (710 words)

	/ lumbini.htm
		Panditarama Lumbini International Vipassana Meditation Centre operates under the spiritual guidance of the Ven.
		Lumbini, Nepal, is located 22 km West of Bhairahawa which has a domestic airport.
		Lumbini is accessible from Kathmandu by bus via Bhairahawa (8 hrs.) or by plane (30 min.) and from Varanasi (India) by train and/or by bus via Sonauli and Bhairahawa (10 hrs.).
	web.ukonline.co.uk /buddhism/lumbiniv.htm (279 words)

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	www.buddhist-packages.com (147 words)

	Buddha Birthplace: British Archeologists Say Buddha was, indeed, born in Tilaurakot in of Nepal [ Newslook Magazine® ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Finally, British archeologists have determind that Lord Buddha was, indeed, born in Tilaurakot of Lumbini in Nepal.
		In a 13-foot-deep trench beneath a swatch of gentle woodland, Bradford's Robin Coningham and Armin Schmidt over the past three years have unearthed artifacts demonstrating that the site was inhabited during the Buddha's lifetime and perhaps even earlier.
		He was born in a tiny town called Lumbini, in what is now southern Nepal.
	www.newslookmag.com /exclusives/buddha_birthplace.htm (1311 words)

	Radio Lumbini Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Radio Lumbini is the first radio outside Kathmandu valley, which is totally run by the local initiatives i.e.
		It is the first cooperative radio in the South Asia run by Lumbini Information and Communication Cooperative Ltd. It is totally responsible towards the society and community.
		The demand of the age is to explore the inherent knowledge, skill and other possibilities and to utilize them properly.
	www.radiolumbini.org (224 words)

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