just been garbaged!
Google Maps Buddha’s Birthplace Error
A letter of complain to Google Maps from Nimish:
If you search “birthplace of Buddha” you can see the map pointer is inside the area of Nepal but the location description is defined “Uttar Pradesh, India”. Well everyone is aware of the fact that Buddha was born in Kapilvastu, Lumbini in Nepal and even the pointer is pointed correctly in Lumbini area but how can the description be possibly written “Uttar Pradesh, India”? This has certainly drawn lots of attention, because it is delivering very wrong information to all the viewers of Google maps. Not to mention, this topic is very much emotionally related to all people who know the fact and of course Nepalese.
You may need to make minor effort for fixing this but, until its fixed, it will be major issue when it comes across people who are emotionally attached to it.
So, we would like to give you our very sincere suggestion to change the information accordingly. Also, we would like to encourage the team to find out other possible erroneous information.

You can make a complaint to the Google Maps Support Team.
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about 6 months ago
In context to the earlier complaint I would like to post in the words of supports to Nimish.
Google maps is the leading portal which comes in handy for the web based information for people like us but, this is not the way. Are you guys suposed to put anything on the net before even checking the facts or may be checking the details. are people out there that stupid? because my 10 year old neice can better use her brain and draw out facts even from web or be it books.
This is the biggest blunder and a matter of international issue so being the Nepali citizen im greatly offended by the blunder and demand the webmaster to rectify the mistake and i would like to demand the words of apologize from your end…
Jai Nepal!!.
about 6 months ago
The location is user generated ie some dumb shmuck could have tagged the place as the birthplace of Budhha.
Instead of asking Google to rectify it, I’d recommend (through your facebook group as well) asking people to edit the marker and correct it.
the power of numbers should work
Changes once approved will be evident!!
Wonderful viral marketing though.
ciao
Utsav
about 2 months ago
Congratulations! on the success of the initiative. And I’d like to appreciate Nimish’s initiative and Google’s rectification, and definitely all the supporters.