Places to visit in Lumbini, Nepal
8 places to visit in Lumbini, Nepal, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Lumbini, Maya Devi Temple, Ramagrama Stupa and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Lumbini volume.
2 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 2 Heritage sites · 4 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Lumbini (2)
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Lumbini
The birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, where Queen Maya is said to have given birth to him around 563 BCE. A sacred garden and pool surround the spot, and a long monastic zone holds temples built by Buddhist nations from around the world.
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Maya Devi Temple
The main temple at Lumbini, built over the spot traditionally held to be where the Buddha was born. It stands beside a sacred pool and garden, over brick remains from the time of Ashoka, and beneath them traces of a timber shrine found in 2013.
Heritage sites in Lumbini (2)
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Ramagrama Stupa
A grassy brick mound in Ramgram, Parasi District, venerated as a stupa holding relics of the Buddha. Nepal's Department of Archaeology dates its building to between the Mauryan and Gupta periods.
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Tilaurakot
Brick ruins and city walls about 25 km northwest of Lumbini, widely identified with ancient Kapilavastu, the town where Siddhartha grew up as a prince. Excavated gateways, mounds and moats lie under old trees by the Banganga river.
Hidden gems in Lumbini (4)
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Banke National Park
Nepal's tenth national park, set up in 2010 and covering 550 square kilometres, mostly in the Sivalik Hills. It was declared a Gift to the Earth and joins with neighbouring Bardiya to give tigers and other wildlife a wider range.
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Bardiya National Park
The largest and least disturbed national park in Nepal's Terai, 968 square kilometres of sal forest and grassland on the east bank of the Karnali, crossed by the Babai river. Founded in 1988, it is known for tigers, rhinos and wild elephants.
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Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve
A high reserve in the Dhaulagiri Himal of western Nepal, 1,325 square kilometres of forest and alpine meadow between 2,850 and 5,500 metres. It is the only reserve in Nepal where regulated hunting is allowed, mainly of blue sheep.
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Swargadwari
A hilltop temple and pilgrimage site in Pyuthan District honouring the place of the cow in Hinduism. Its name means gate of heaven, and it is said to have been founded by Swami Hamsananda, who spent his life here herding and milking thousands of cows.
Collecting in Lumbini
What are the best places to visit in Lumbini?
LOQAH lists 8 places in Lumbini. The best known include Lumbini, Maya Devi Temple, Ramagrama Stupa, Tilaurakot and Banke National Park. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Lumbini?
8, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Lumbini?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Lumbini before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Lumbini and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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