Tenahawa
Tenahawa is a town in the Lumbini Cultural Municipality in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. It was under a village administration and was merged to the municipality following a government decision implemented on 18 May 2014.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: place in Lumbini Zone, Nepal
- Also known as: “Tenuhawa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maya Devi Temple.
Maya Devi Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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. Maya Devi Temple is situated 2½ km southeast of Tenahawa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lumbini.
Lumbini
Photo: Bijayrpoudel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lumbini is the sacred site of the birth of Sakyamuni Buddha. It is located in southern Nepal, near the Indian border and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Tenahawa
- Category: village development committee of Nepal
- Location: Lumbini Sanskritik, Rupandehi, Lumbini Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From German to Nepali—“Tenahawa” goes by many names.
- German: “Tenahawa”
- Malay: “Tenahawa”
- Nepali: “तेनहवा”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tenahawa”. Photo: Laxman Thapa, CC BY-SA 2.0.