Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha... click here if wanna read more about this place of pilgrimage :)
i'd no interest to visit this place 5 years ago... this time round i told st i wanna visit this place... um... i also dunno why, no specific reason, just wanna visit... haha after back from this trip, i told st this lumbini trip was too short, we should have stayed there for a few more days to explore further... perhaps next time when i visit nepal again, maybe for EBC trek, i will visit lumbini again... why?... again no specific reason, just wanna visit and explore further...
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0816 sacred tree on the other side of the pond
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0819 temple, pillar, pond and remains
The Buddhist temples fell into disrepair and eventually into ruins, not to be rediscovered until they were identified in 1896 by Dr A Fiihrer and Khadga Samsher, then Governor of Palpa, who discovered the Ashoka pillar.
0822 me sitting by the sacred bathing pool known as Puskarni, it is believed that Queen Maya Devi took a bath in this pool before the delivery of the future Buddha...
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In 249 BC, when the Indian Emperor Ashoka visited Lumbini, it was a flourishing village. Ashoka constructed four stupas and a stone pillar with a figure of a horse on top. The stone pillar bears an inscription, which in translation runs as follows: 'King Piyadasi (Ashoka), beloved of devas, in the 20th year of the coronation, himself made a royal visit, Buddha Sakyamuni having been born here; a stone railing was built and a stone pillar erected to the Bhagavan having been born here, Lumbini village was taxed reduced and entitled to the eight part (only)'.
0826 Ashoka pillar
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0829 about to enter... btw no photography inside :) ...... what's inside?...
... inside are ruins surrounding the Queen Maya Devi icon and the marker stone (see the following 2 pics)
pic from UNESCO... Queen Maya Devi icon
pic from wiki... the marker stone, the exact birth place of buddha
0846 Dharma Swami Maharaja Buddha Vihar
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0926 german temple
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0959 chinese temple
1007 korean temple... under construction
1015 world peace pagoda [japanese]
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1030 japanese temple
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... around 1045, set off to pokhara...
1317 lunch... wow so much rice! i asked the boy to reduce the rice by half for me :)... st finished all!
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1331 our uncle driver so 'fatherly'... saw me like never drink the water from the metal cup, thought my stomach cannot take the 'local water'... quietly went to get a bottle of mineral water for me ;) he saw me finished all the bananas... he 'packeted' some bananas for us to snack on the way to pokhara :)
1334 this is the place we had our lunch... that's our 'fatherly' uncle driver
1334 haha me & the bottle of water i 'A'ed'
1458 see the passengers on top of the buses
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1646 the road condition very bad... very low maintenance i guess... the road for vehicles more or less like the path for trekkers, ascend then descend then ascend then descend then ... our uncle driver has very good driving skill :)
1740 reached pokhara... yuba was already there waiting for us... checked in hotel meera
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yuba introduced amir to us, we four gonna trek as a team :)
yuba went with us to nearby shop to buy headlamp and raincoat... he helped us bargain :)
1905 chicken noodle soup
1923 vege spring roll
1924 chicken paneer butter masala with chapati
1944 rice pudding n masala tea
2048 very difficult to pack!
2114 susan had ayu prepared 3 packets of candies for me to give to the children in the mountain... very heavy lor, i brought along 2 packets only :)
[ aside to susan & ayu... thank you so much! ]
these candies yum yum!!!
2414 about to sleep... wow the pillow so long :)
i'd no interest to visit this place 5 years ago... this time round i told st i wanna visit this place... um... i also dunno why, no specific reason, just wanna visit... haha after back from this trip, i told st this lumbini trip was too short, we should have stayed there for a few more days to explore further... perhaps next time when i visit nepal again, maybe for EBC trek, i will visit lumbini again... why?... again no specific reason, just wanna visit and explore further...
0657
0744
0744
0748
0753
0756
0757
0759
0808
0811
0812
0813
0815
0816
0816 sacred tree on the other side of the pond
0817
0817
0817
0819 temple, pillar, pond and remains
The Buddhist temples fell into disrepair and eventually into ruins, not to be rediscovered until they were identified in 1896 by Dr A Fiihrer and Khadga Samsher, then Governor of Palpa, who discovered the Ashoka pillar.
0822 me sitting by the sacred bathing pool known as Puskarni, it is believed that Queen Maya Devi took a bath in this pool before the delivery of the future Buddha...
0825
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In 249 BC, when the Indian Emperor Ashoka visited Lumbini, it was a flourishing village. Ashoka constructed four stupas and a stone pillar with a figure of a horse on top. The stone pillar bears an inscription, which in translation runs as follows: 'King Piyadasi (Ashoka), beloved of devas, in the 20th year of the coronation, himself made a royal visit, Buddha Sakyamuni having been born here; a stone railing was built and a stone pillar erected to the Bhagavan having been born here, Lumbini village was taxed reduced and entitled to the eight part (only)'.
0826 Ashoka pillar
0828
0829 about to enter... btw no photography inside :) ...... what's inside?...
pic from UNESCO... Queen Maya Devi icon
pic from wiki... the marker stone, the exact birth place of buddha
0846 Dharma Swami Maharaja Buddha Vihar
0847
0847
0926 german temple
0927
0927
0928
0929
0930
0935
0944
0944
0946
0946
0959 chinese temple
1007 korean temple... under construction
1015 world peace pagoda [japanese]
1015
1016
1017
1019
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1028
1030 japanese temple
1031
1031
1034
... around 1045, set off to pokhara...
1317 lunch... wow so much rice! i asked the boy to reduce the rice by half for me :)... st finished all!
1331
1331 our uncle driver so 'fatherly'... saw me like never drink the water from the metal cup, thought my stomach cannot take the 'local water'... quietly went to get a bottle of mineral water for me ;) he saw me finished all the bananas... he 'packeted' some bananas for us to snack on the way to pokhara :)
1334 this is the place we had our lunch... that's our 'fatherly' uncle driver
1334 haha me & the bottle of water i 'A'ed'
1458 see the passengers on top of the buses
1459
1522
1533
1534
1536
1539
1646 the road condition very bad... very low maintenance i guess... the road for vehicles more or less like the path for trekkers, ascend then descend then ascend then descend then ... our uncle driver has very good driving skill :)
1740 reached pokhara... yuba was already there waiting for us... checked in hotel meera
1740
1740
yuba introduced amir to us, we four gonna trek as a team :)
yuba went with us to nearby shop to buy headlamp and raincoat... he helped us bargain :)
1905 chicken noodle soup
1923 vege spring roll
1924 chicken paneer butter masala with chapati
1944 rice pudding n masala tea
2048 very difficult to pack!
2114 susan had ayu prepared 3 packets of candies for me to give to the children in the mountain... very heavy lor, i brought along 2 packets only :)
these candies yum yum!!!
2414 about to sleep... wow the pillow so long :)
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