World Peace Pagoda (
Nepali: विश्व शान्ति स्तूपा, Biswa Shanti Stupa), also called ''Nipponzan Peace Pagoda'', is a
Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
monument in
Lumbini
Lumbinī (, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The Buddhist commentaries state that Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini around 624 BCE. Gautama is bel ...
,
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. It was designed and built by Japanese Buddhists at a cost about a million US dollars.
The Pagoda acts as the starting point on the central axis of the
Lumbini Master Plan, the other end being the
Mayadevi Temple. The distance from the pagoda to the temple is about 3.2 km.
The stairs in stupa lead to three different levels. The stupa is whitewashed and the floor is stone-paved. It has four large golden statues of Buddha facing four directions.
Near the base of the stupa lies a grave of a Japanese monk (Unataka Navatame) who was shot nearby by robbers from India.
The area north of the stupa is also conserved for bird habitat mainly for the
sarus crane
The sarus crane (''Antigone antigone'') is a large nonmigratory Crane (bird), crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height of up to , they are a c ...
.
Gallery
File:The World Peace Pagoda - Lumbini.jpg , Front view
File:World peace pagoda lumbini.jpg, View of the garden
File:Peace Pagoda, Lumbini, Nepal, 2019-04-09 2.jpg , Golden buddha
File:World Peace Pagoda Lumbini Nepal.jpg, View from entrance
File:Shanti stupa, World Peace Pagoda, Lumbini.jpg, View from side
File:Lumbini the birth place of lord Buddha 17.jpg, World Peace Pagoda
File:World Peace Pagoda Lumbini, Nepal.jpg, World Peace Pagoda
See also
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Buddhism in Nepal
Buddhism in Nepal started spreading since the reign of Ashoka through Indian and Tibetan missionaries. The Kiratas were the first people in Nepal who embraced the Buddha’s teachings, followed by the Licchavi (kingdom), Licchavis and Newar peop ...
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Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini
Maya Devi Temple is an ancient Buddhist temple situated at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lumbini, Nepal. It is the main temple at Lumbini, a site traditionally considered the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. The temple stands adjacent to a s ...
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List of stupas in Nepal
References
Buddhist temples in Nepal
Stupas in Nepal
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