Lausha ( Nepali: लौसा) is a small village located in

Gajedi Gajedi is a village development committee in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7751 people living in 1310 individual households. This place is near Lumbini, birth ...

VDC of

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

, about one kilometer south of

Mahendra Highway Mahendra Highway or NH01 (previously: H01) (), also called East-West Highway (), runs across the Terai geographical region of Nepal, from Mechinagar in the east to Bhim Datta in the west, cutting across the entire width of the country. It is th ...

in the direction to

Lumbini Lumbinī (, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal. The Buddhist commentaries state that Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini around 624 BCE. Gautama is bel ...

along Gautam Buddha Highway. Around 3000 inhabitants live in the village, the population is sparsely distributed. The village is surrounded by community forest from east and west. On the north side of this village

Sainamaina Sainamaina Municipality is one of the new 72 municipalities formed in Nepal. It is located in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal which is known for its historical and cultural significance, especially as the birthplace of L ...

resides, where people from this village go for shopping. The north part of this city is gate to reach other main cities such as

Murgiya Murgiya is a town in Sainamaina Municipality 3 & 4, Rupandehi District, Nepal. People of different castes, cultures and religions live here. Being one of the most developed area on Sainamaina Municipalities, there are a variety of shops which make ...

, Saljhandi,

Tamnagar Tamnagar is a former Village Development Committee (VDC) and now part of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan municipality in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widesprea ...

Butwal Butwal (), officially Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City (), previously known as Khasyauli (Nepali: खस्यौली), is a sub-metropolitan city and economic hub in Lumbini Province in West Nepal. Butwal has a city population of 195,054 as per t ...

etc. This small village is easily accessible from

via Jeep, Micro-buses, Tempo, they are available every 10 minutes. Even from Basgadhi, a neighboring village, there are chances to get E-Rickshaw, Mayuri etc. to reach this village. The newly built road, is of good quality, will not be difficult to reach using private motorcycle, or even bicycles. Although this village is not so well known in Nepal, the two popular and renowned lakes

Lausha Taal Lausha (Nepali language, Nepali: लौसा) is a small village located in Gajedi VDC of Nepal, about one kilometer south of Mahendra Highway in the direction to Lumbini along Gautam Buddha Highway. Around 3000 inhabitants live in the village, th ...

and

Gajedi Taal Gajedi Taal is a lake in Gajedi village of southern Nepal spreads over and is surrounded by forest. It lies just south of Mahendra Highway. Location Gajedi Taal is located in Kanchan Rural Municipality, previously Gajedi Gajedi is a village ...

belong to this village. The village is getting more support from VDC for reconstruction of the area to make it more comfortable for tourists. The construction of the road along the village has already begun and the target of this is to reach to

(which is just 18 kilometers south). It is a holy place for Buddhist where

Lord Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...

took his birth.

References

{{reflist Populated places in Rupandehi District