Kapilvastu Municipality Explained

Kapilvastu
Native Name:कपिलवस्तु नगरपालिका
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Nepal Lumbini Province#Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Lumbini Province
Coordinates:27.5333°N 86°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Lumbini Province
Subdivision Name2:Kapilvastu District
Subdivision Type3:Wards
Subdivision Name3:12
Established Title:Established
Established Date:1982
Government Type:Mayor-council
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Sudeep Paudel (NC)
Leader Title1:Deputy Mayor
Leader Name1:Sunita Gupta (NC)
Leader Title2:Term of office
Leader Name2:(2022 - 2027)
Area Total Km2:136.9
Elevation M:107
Population Total:76,394
Population As Of:2011 A.D
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:32800
Area Code:076
Timezone:NST
Utc Offset:+5:45

Kapilvastu (also known by name of Taulihawa) is a municipality and administrative center of Kapilvastu District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. The municipality is located roughly to the south-west of Lumbini, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the birthplace of Gautama Buddha.[1] [2]

Kapilvastu Municipality was established in 1982 with the name of Taulihawa Nagarpanchayat merging Baragdawa, Maalpara, Pipari, Kapilvastu Adarsh Gaau and some portion of Tilaurakot, Gotihawa and Gobari Gaunpanchayat. On 7 November 2014, the remaining region of Gotihawa and Tilaurakot VDC were included, making a total of 19 wards within this municipality.[3]

On March 10, 2017, the Government of Nepal restructured the local-level bodies into 753 new local level structures.[4] [5] The previous Taulihawa Municipality with Dharampaniya, Dohani, Jahadi, Nigalihawa and Sauraha VDCs were merged to form Kapilvastu Municipality. Now the total area of the municipality is and the total population is 76,394. The municipality is now divided into 12 wards.

The municipality lies at an altitude of above sea level[6]

History

Many historians claim Tilaurakot located in Kapilavastu municipality (Taulihawa) to be the ancient city of Kapilavastu. On the other hand, some other archaeologists have identified present-day Piprahwa, India as the location for the historical site of Kapilavastu.[7] The 19th-century search for the historical site of Kapilavastu followed the accounts left by Faxian and later by Xuanzang, who were Chinese Buddhist monks who made early pilgrimages to the site.[8] [9] [10] [11] Kapilavastu was an ancient city and the capital city of the Shakya kingdom.King Śuddhodana and Queen Māyā are believed to have lived at Kapilavastu, as did their son Prince Siddartha Gautama until he left the palace at the age of 29.[12]

Historical sites

There are many sites of historical interest in or very close to Kapilavastu, including:

See also

Kumarwarti

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre - World Heritage Committee Inscribes 46 New Sites on World Heritage List. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. unesco.org. 24 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha. UNESCO. 1 March 2011.
  3. Web site: Brief Introduction of Kapilvastu Municipality . 16 January 2021.
  4. News: New local level structure comes into effect from today . 10 March 2017 . www.thehimalayantimes.com . . 17 July 2018.
  5. Web site: New local level units come into existence . 11 March 2017 . www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com . 18 July 2018.
  6. Web site: Taulihawa. fallingrain.com. 24 April 2015.
  7. Web site: Competing Claims on Buddha's Hometown. Archaeology. March 2001. 21 March 2011. Chris Hellier.
  8. Beal, Samuel (1884). Si-Yu-Ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World, by Hiuen Tsiang. 2 vols. Translated by Samuel Beal. London. 1884. Reprint: Delhi. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. 1969. Volume 1
  9. Beal, Samuel (1911). The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang. Translated from the Chinese of Shaman (monk) Hwui Li by Samuel Beal. London. 1911. Reprint Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi. 1973. Internet Archive
  10. Li, Rongxi (translator) (1995). The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions. Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research. Berkeley, California.
  11. Book: Watters, Thomas . On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629-645 A.D. Volume1. 1904. Royal Asiatic Society, London.
  12. Book: Trainor, K. Keown. D. Prebish. CS. Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Kapilavastu. 436–7. Routledge. Milton Park, UK. 2010. 978-0-415-55624-8.
  13. Web site: UNESCO. UNESCO. Ramagrama, the relic stupa of Lord Buddha. Tentative Lists. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Paris. 2014. 2014-11-30.
  14. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 14 December 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 12 October 2008 .

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