About Lumbini
Lumbini Park is located near the Tank Road, adjacent to the Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad, India. The Lumbini Park has been named after the birthplace of Buddha and it lies just opposite a famous Buddha statue. The park was developed as a part of the Buddha Purnima project of the state government. It is one of the most beautiful parks of the city of Hyderabad and is an ideal place to relax and revitalize your spirits. It is a popular joint among people of all age groups and one can see kids running joyfully around this park daily. The park has eating joints, which offers not only fast food, but also popular local cuisine.

A colorful Floral Clock, man-made waterfalls and musical fountains are among the key attractions of the Park. The spectacular musical dancing fountain and water cascades attract huge crowds. During summer time normally three shows are organized. Every day, a musical fountain show at 6.30 in evening in organized. The fountains dance to the tunes of popular numbers from Bollywood films with brilliant light display from the sides and background. It is very popular and people coming to the Park make it a point to see the musical fountains.

The Lumbini Park is encircled by the state Secretariat, the Hussain Sagar Lake and the striking Birla Mandir. People visiting the park can also avail and enjoy the boating facilities provided at the nearby Hussain Sagar Lake.

Location in Lumbini

Lumbini is in Nepal, 27 kms from the Indian border at Sonauli. To enter Nepal, people from India and Bhutan do not need any visa but foreign nationals do. For details contact the nearest Royal Nepal Embassy in your country or in India.

Getting There

By Road
Gorakhpur via Sonauli - 123 kms
Sonauli - 27 kms
Kushinagar via Gorakhpur - 176 kms
Kapilavastu (Piprahwa) via Sonauli - 93 kms

Nearest Railhead
Gorakhpur via Sonauli - 123 kms

Nearest Airport
Varanasi - 413 kms
Bhairawha (Nepal) - 13 kms

Attractions
The Mayadevi temple and the tank nearby are part of the sacred complex. There are two beautiful panels in the temple, the older one in stone and the other in marble. Both panels show Mayadevi holding the Sal tree and the young prince emerging out of her right side. Just outside the temple is a tank whose water glistens in the faint sun, the gentle breeze creating endless ripples. Here Queen Mahamaya had her bath before the delivery and it was also here that prince Siddhartha had his first purificatory bath.

The sacred site of the Buddha's birth is at the southern end of Lumbini grove. Excavations have revealed a series of rooms and a stone slab, which is now believed to mark the exact location at which the Buddha was born.The place where the miraculous birth took place is today a mound that has been cordoned off for further excavations. The whole place has an air of remoteness except when the occasional busload of pilgrims from different corners of the Buddhist universe arrives.

Lumbini Dharmodaya Samiti Dharmashala, a Theravada Buddhist Vihara, established in 1956, is just outside the complex. Built in the style of modern Nepalese temples, it has intricately carved woodwork in the doorways and windows, and colourful murals depicting events from the life of the lord in its spacious interiors.

Dharmaswami Maharaja Buddha Vihara
This Tibetan gompa belonging to the Sakyapa order, is also outside the complex. His Eminence Chogya the complex. His Eminence Chogya Trichen Rinpoche and the Raja of Mustang established it. Every morning around sixty monks who reside here conduct the Tara Puja. At the end of September, two thousand monks congregate for the ten-day peace puja and on 13th December each year for the Mahakala Puja, which lasts for 10 days.

A couple of kilometres away, a complex of monasteries is being constructed on a grand scale. Monasteries in the respective national styles of Myanmar (Burma) China, Japan Korea and Thailand are among those that are being built.

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