Nigalihawa

Nigalihawa निगलिहवा
Village development committee
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Coordinates: 27.62°N 83.11°E / 27.62; 83.11
Country	Nepal
Zone	Lumbini Zone
District	Kapilvastu District
Population  (1991)
• Total	7,564
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Nigalihawa is a village development committee in Kapilvastu District in the Lumbini Zone of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 7564 people living in 1231 individual households.[1]

History

Nigalihawa was known as Sobhavati in ancient times. According to Theravada Buddhist tradition, Konagamana Buddha was born in Sobhavati.[2] Konagamana Buddha is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 23 of the Buddhavamsa, one of the books of the Pali Canon.[2] Today, Sobhavati corresponds to the archaeological site referred to as Nigali Sagar, which is located in Nigalihawa.

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
2. Vicittasarabivamsa, U (1992). "Chapter 23: Koṇāgamana Buddhavamsa". In Ko Lay, U; Tin Lwin, U (eds.). The great chronicle of Buddhas, Volume One, Part Two (1st ed.). Yangon, Myanmar: Ti=Ni Publishing Center. pp. 280–5.