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Lumbini, located in Nepal, is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. As I walked through the lush green gardens, I felt a sense of peace and serenity. I visited the Maya Devi Temple, which is built around the exact spot where Buddha was born. It was a humbling experience to see the holy site and pay my respects.
Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative inscribed Ashoka pillars there. The inscription on the pillar is the oldest in Nepal.
Dr. Alois Fuhrer
The archaeological excavation carried out by General Khadga Shamsher Jung Bahadur Rana, the governor of Palpa and Dr. Alois Fuhrer, an eminent archaeological surveyor in British India, in 1896 AD, discovered the Asoka pillar re-establishing Lumbini as the birthplace of Lord Sakymuni Buddha.
The text written in Brahmi script and Pali language in lumbini is translated as follows: “King Piyadasi (Asoka) the beloved of the Gods, in the twentieth year of his reign, himself made a royal visit. Sakyamuni Buddha was born here, therefore the (birth spot) marker stone was worshipped and a stone pillar was erected.
After the Buddha was born, the site was visited by Buddhist pilgrims up until the 15th Century. Since then, the site gradually fell into ruin until 1896 when it was discovered by a renowned German archeologist.