Lumbini is the place where Mayadevi gave birth to Prince Siddharta Gautama in 563 BCE, when there were many small kingdoms in the area of Nepal and India. The story tells that he did seven steps after he was born, which are symbolised by seven Lotus flowers.
Instead of living in wealth and protection he decided to leave his father's palace at the age of 29 to live an ascetic life. He became a religious teacher and finally reached enlightenment and thus became Buddha - the Awakend.
Today, Lumbini is an important Pilgrimage site for Buddhists. Besides the Mayadevi Temple, which was built to protect the exact location of Buddha's birth, there are numerous other temples of Buddhist countries but also of Buddhist communties in western countries.
It's a huge, but very peaceful and quiet areal whith lots of nature between the temples and in the surrounding.
