Nigalihawa
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| Nigalihawa निगलिहवा |
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| Village development committee | |
 Nigalihawa
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| Country |  Nepal |
| Zone | Lumbini Zone |
| District | Kapilvastu District |
| Population (1991) | |
| • Total | 7,564 |
| Time zone | Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) |
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
Modern day Nigalihawa was known as Sobhavati in ancient times. According to Theravāda Buddhist tradition, Koṇāgamana Buddha was born in Sobhavati.[2] Koṇāgamana Buddha is one of the ancient Buddhas whose biography is chronicled in chapter 23[2] of the Buddhavamsa, one of the books of the Pāli Canon.
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