Newly unearthed temple in Nepal revealed to be major ancient Buddhist pilgrimage site

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(TibetanReview.net, Feb23’26) – While Lumbini in ancient Sakya Kingdom is recognized as the place where the Buddha was born more than 2,500 years ago, a temple built in the palatial remains in Tilaurakot, the Kingdom’s capital located nearby where the Buddha had spent his princely years as Siddhartha Gautam, was, in ancient times. a major pilgrimage site. This was because the newly unearthed temple shows that the Buddha had apparently taught there too after he attained enlightenment, reported the scmp.com Feb 21.

Tilaurakot once held far greater religious significance to Buddhists than its quiet present suggests, the report cited archaeologists as saying, after the temple was newly unearthed the...

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