Unlabelled Lumbini, Nepal: Location

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The birthplace of Buddha, Lumbini is a garden situated at the bases of Himalayas forming the Northern fence of Nepal. The garden mainly consists of a number of temples including the Mayadevi temple and The Holy pond(Puskarini), the Ashoka pillar and garden consisting mainly Peepal trees (Ficus religiosa) and Bar(Ficus bengalensis) trees. 
It is located at Kapilvastu district of Lumbini zone of western Terai.
Its position on the globe is:
N27 28 08 E83 16 34. It lies about 25 km east to Municipality of Kapilvastu. The location is not extremely easy to reach. For pilgrims it is more convenient to reach the Gautam Buddha Airport at Bhairahawa directly from capital city Kathmandu from where 22 km west makes the way to Lumbini







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