Lumbini

Bhairawa~Lumbini

16 km

Prof. Sang Hoon Lee joined pilgrimage in the course leading to Lumbini.

The woman in the right-hand side is a Hindu whom I met at the starting point.

It was a typical weather of spring.

Three pilgrims walked in a row.

This family has some relationship with Daesungseokgasa which is a Korean temple in Lumbini.

We took a picture together.

Since it was a spring weather, people could throw a net to catch fish.

Finally, we arrived at Lumbini.

Lumbini occupied a very large area.

As you see in the picture, it was a rectangular area with 1.6km × 5km.

Total width of Limbini was 8㎢.

http://heritage.unesco.or.kr/whs/lumbini-the-birthplace-of-the-lord-buddha/

Nepalese government, UNESCO, and Buddhists all over the world cooperated together

and initiated Lumbini development project around the area where the relics were found recently.

http://m.busan.com/m/News/view.jsp?newsId=20000229000092

At Lumbini, there are many temples built by several countries in the world,

including German temple and French temple.

After walking for a while, we arrived at Daesungseokgasa, which is an outstanding Korean temple at Lumbini.

We stayed here for 4 days.

Following pictures are taken around Lumbini.

Statue of Child Buddha.

Behind the statue of Child Buddha, a dog is sleeping without any concern.

This is central place of Lumbini where relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are located.

Professor Lee posed for a picture.

This is World Peace Pagoda which was made by Japanese Buddhists.

Mr. Hara was not included in this picture.

Many countries constructed temple respectively.

We took a picture with Wonin monk who became friendly after a while.

We took a picture with all the workers of Korean temple.

Categories: 10. Nepal, Course and Diary