Lumbini Natural Park Taman Alam Lumbini လုမ္ဗီနီကသဘာဝပန်းခြံ | |
Established: | October 2010 |
Order: | All Buddhist |
Founder: | Tongariodjo Angkasa Ginting |
Location: | Tongkoh Village, Dolat Rakyat, Berastagi |
Country: | Indonesia |
Lumbini Natural Park (Indonesian: Taman Alam Lumbini) is a Buddhist temple located at Desa Dolat Rayat, Berastagi in North Sumatra, Indonesia. It was inaugurated with a great ceremony in October 2010. The ceremony was attended by more than 1,300 monks and more than 200 lay people from around the world. Taman Alam Lumbini is a replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar. The architecture is similar to a Myanmar pagoda, covered in gold. It hosts an elephant statue and the door appears like a Burmese craft.[1]
The temple is based on the Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar. Construction began in 2007. The project was successfully completed in 2010. It is in height, in length and in width. The replica is the second-highest among pagodas outside of Myanmar. This replica consists of: