Nigalihawa

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]

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)

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.