Lumbini, conglomeration of Buddhist temples

Just before His final passing Five thousand acres of land has away, the Buddha encouraged all been allocated for the project, his disciples to visit at least once, under which any country could the places where the important buy themselves a plot of land and events in his life occurred. build a Buddhist monastery with , Bodh Gaya, Isipathana their specific architectural identi- and Kusinara - Digha Nikaya Of ty. Thus, many shrines and Viha- these four places, located within ras have come up, or are under Peace Pagoda Sri Lankan Monastery (under construction) the boundaries of is construction. Lumbini, the birth place of Sakya The Eternal Peace Flame Prince Siddhartha, who became brought from UN headquarters the Buddha and World Teacher. in the International Year of Peace Lumbini has received much to integrate peace and harmony attention during the past forty among the global community years, ever since U-thant the for- during the reign of king Bir mer Secretary General of United Bikram Dev in Nepal sits at Nations visited it and the King one place. Right across the water Mahendra of Nepal initiated the canal facing the Flame is seen Lumbini Development Project. the Nipponjin Myohoji Peace

Nepal Mahayana Temple Tara Foundation of

Golden Monastery of Myanmar

Royal Thai Monastery Korean Monastery (under construction) Linh Son Monastery of . (under construction) !