The baby's name was Siddhartha. He was born around 563 BCE, in a quiet grove where his mother had stopped to rest on a long journey. The story says she held onto the branch of a sal tree as she gave birth, and that the garden was full of flowers and birdsong.
When he grew up, Siddhartha became a thoughtful traveller who taught people to be kind, calm, and curious. Across the next 2,500 years, many millions of people followed his ideas, and that is why Lumbini is famous around the world today.
Lumbini is now a vast peaceful park dotted with monasteries built by different countries - Thailand, Japan, China, Sri Lanka, Germany and more. Each one is in the style of its home country. You can walk between them and see the architecture of the world side by side.
Visitors are asked to be very quiet in Lumbini. Even on a busy day there can be silence between the trees - just the rustle of leaves and the sound of monks chanting softly somewhere in the distance.