Kapilvastu Tourism

Kapilvastu was the ancient capital of the Shakya Clan, whose ruler ‘Shuddhodhan’ was the father of the Buddha,Therefore Lord Buddha is also referred to as Shakyamuni. The Shakya domain was one of the sixteen ‘Mahajanpads’ of the 6th Century B.C. Prince Gautam, as Lord Buddha was then known, left his palace in Kapilvastu at the age of 29 and revisited it 12 years later, after attaining the Enlightenment. Today, Kapilvastu comprises of the several villages, mainly Piprahwa, Ganvaria & Salagarh.
Kapilavastu was the capital of the Shakya kingdom, and Buddha was born to king Shuddhodhana of this clan. He grew up amidst luxury and shunned away from miseries of life. But one day he broke out the luxurious entrapment of his father and set out for a journey to his father's kingdom. The miseries and the care of the people affected spiritual minded Buddha and he decided to find a way out to end these miserable conditions of human life. That led to the birth of one of the world's greatest religions known as Buddhism.
The place is important to visualise the pre meditation, princely days of the Lord who had contributed much to humanity by giving up his own luxury and princely status.