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  2. The Buddha - Wikipedia

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    The earliest Buddhist sources state that the Buddha was born to an aristocratic Kshatriya (Pali: khattiya) family called Gotama (Sanskrit: Gautama), who were part of the Shakyas, a tribe of rice-farmers living near the modern border of India and Nepal.

  3. Buddha's Birthday - Wikipedia

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    According to Buddhist tradition and archaeologists, Gautama Buddha, c. 563-483 BCE, was born at Lumbini in Nepal. [12] Buddha's mother was Queen Maya Devi, who delivered the Buddha while undertaking a journey to her native home, and his father was King Śuddhodana. [13]

  4. Wikipedia : Gautama Buddha Birthplace sources and quotes

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    The Buddhist tradition regards Lumbini to be the birthplace of Gautama Buddha, ... gardens of Lumbini where it is said that the Buddha was born either in 623 or 642 ...

  5. Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini - Wikipedia

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    Maya Devi temple and ruins of ancient monasteries. Maya Devi temple houses the marker stone and the nativity sculpture related to the birth of Gautama Buddha.The ancient Maya Devi temple was built during the visit of emperor Ashoka in Lumbini around 249 BC using burnt bricks to safeguard the marker stone and nativity sculpture [7] The radiocarbon dating of the posthole alignments from the ...

  6. Family of Gautama Buddha - Wikipedia

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    The Buddha was born into a noble family in Lumbini in 563 BCE as per historical events and 624 BCE according to Buddhist tradition. He was called Siddhartha Gautama in his childhood. His father was king Śuddhodana, leader of the Shakya clan in what was the growing state of Kosala, and his mother was queen Maya. According to Buddhist legends ...

  7. Buddhist pilgrimage sites - Wikipedia

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    This is the area where Gautama Buddha was born, lived, and taught, and the main sites connected to his life are now important places of pilgrimage for both Buddhists and Hindus. Many countries that are or were predominantly Buddhist have shrines and places which can be visited as a pilgrimage. Pilgrims, Tsurphu Gompa, Tibet, 1993

  8. Lumbini - Wikipedia

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    According to the sacred texts of the Buddhist Commentaries, Maya Devi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama in Lumbini in c. 624 BCE. [a] [2] [3] Siddhartha Gautama achieved Enlightenment, and became Shakyamuni Buddha who founded Buddhism. [4] [5] [6] He later passed into parinirvana at the age of 80 years, in c.544 BCE.

  9. History of Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Siddhārtha Gautama (5th cent. BCE) was the historical founder of Buddhism. The early sources state he was born in the small Shakya (Pali: Sakya) Republic, which was part of the Kosala realm of ancient India, now in modern-day Nepal. [1] He is thus also known as the Shakyamuni (literally: "The sage of the Shakya clan").