The buffer zones in the master plan are designed to protect core areas in Lumbini, including the SacredGarden, and insulate the site from external noises and disturbances.
The archaeologists are focusing this season on the evaluation and interpretation of three main areas of Lumbini: the Mayadevi Temple, the eastern monasteries of the SacredGarden and other two unsurveyed areas of the SacredGarden in the South.