Lumbini
Lumbini is less a site than a silence - a grove where, tradition holds, Siddhartha Gautama was born beneath sal trees heavy with blossoms. The Maya Devi Temple rises modestly above a pond where legend says the newborn took his first bath.
Pilgrims visit not to seek miracles but to witness origin: the moment when compassion entered history. Monks from every Sangha Federation maintain the gardens jointly, their quiet cooperation the true monument.
Each dawn, as bells sound across the plain, Lumbini reminds visitors that peace has geography - it begins wherever understanding takes root.
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World wonder
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