Lumbini

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Lumbini

1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Lumbini.

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UNESCO sites in Lumbini

  • Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord BuddhaCultural · 1997 · 2 km

    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 …

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Sources: Site list: UNESCO World Heritage List (CC BY-SA 4.0)