Puskarini (Sacred Pond)

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Buddhist pilgrimage site historic site religious site sacred pond

Puskarini (Sacred Pond) is a revered ancient pool in Lumbini, traditionally believed to be the place where Queen Maya Devi bathed before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Puskarini (Sacred Pond) canonical	1
Puskarini (sacred pool)	1
Sacred Pool of Maya Devi	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ historic site ⓘ religious site ⓘ sacred pond ⓘ
adjacentTo	Maya Devi Temple ⓘ surface form: Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini
associatedTradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
associatedWith	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha Queen Maya Devi ⓘ Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Siddhartha Gautama
continent	Asia ⓘ
culturalSignificance	birth narrative of the Buddha ⓘ
feature	rectangular pool ⓘ steps leading down to the water ⓘ still water surface ⓘ stone-lined edges ⓘ
governedBy	Lumbini Development Trust ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Puskarini Pond ⓘ Sacred Pond of Lumbini ⓘ Puskarini (Sacred Pond) ⓘ surface form: Sacred Pool of Maya Devi
hasLanguageName	Puskarini ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
includedIn	Lumbini Master Plan ⓘ surface form: Lumbini Master Plan area
locatedIn	Lumbini ⓘ
locatedInCountry	Nepal ⓘ
locatedInDistrict	Rupandehi District ⓘ
locatedInProvince	Lumbini Province ⓘ
near	Ashoka Pillar, Lumbini ⓘ surface form: Ashoka Pillar at Lumbini Marker Stone of Buddha’s birthplace ⓘ
partOf	Sacred Pond of Lumbini ⓘ surface form: Lumbini Sacred Garden Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
symbolism	purity ⓘ sacred water ⓘ spiritual rebirth ⓘ
timePeriod	ancient ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
traditionalBelief	Queen Maya Devi ⓘ surface form: Queen Maya Devi bathed here before giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama Queen Maya Devi ⓘ surface form: Queen Maya Devi performed ritual purification here
usedFor	pilgrimage rituals ⓘ religious offerings ⓘ ritual bathing ⓘ
visitedBy	Buddhist pilgrims ⓘ Hindu pilgrims ⓘ international tourists ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lumbini → hasLandmark → Puskarini (Sacred Pond) ⓘ

Maya Devi Temple → nearbyFeature → Puskarini (Sacred Pond) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puskarini (sacred pool)

Puskarini (Sacred Pond) → hasAlternativeName → Puskarini (Sacred Pond) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sacred Pool of Maya Devi