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The birthplace of the Buddha, marked by the Maya Devi Temple and the Ashoka Pillar, set in a monastic zone where a dozen countries have built their own monasteries.
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Lumbini is more than one place. These are the parts of it, each covered on its own.
Monument
A Mauryan sandstone pillar that is the only physical evidence in Nepal that the Buddha was born here.
Monument
A stone column marking where Gandhi died, and the reason the memorial garden exists at all.
Monastery
The most recent monastery in the zone, built in the 1990s, and the one that looks nothing like the others.
Temple
The temple at the centre of the sacred garden, rebuilt on the spot the Buddha is said to have been born.
Monastery
The two square kilometres of monasteries and gardens where monks from a dozen countries live.
Monastery
The largest of the monastic zone's monasteries, and a working one rather than a museum.
Park
Thirty-five years of bronze statues on the far side of the park, and the one place in Lumbini that argues with you.
Monument
A white dome on a rise with a view over the whole park, and the walk up it is the point.
