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The name Sarnath derives from the Sanskrit word Sāranganātha (or Sārangnāth in the Pali language), [4] which translates to "Lord of the Deer" in the English language. [12] The name refers to an ancient Buddhist legend, in which the Bodhisattva was a deer and offered his life to a king instead of the doe the king was planning to kill.
The temple was constructed in 1824 CE to commemorate the birthplace of Shreyansanatha. [7] [8] [9] The mulnayak (primary deity) of the temple is a large image of Shreyansanatha and impressions of footprints. [5] The temple also features attractive frescoes depicting the life of Mahavira. [1]
Chaukhandi Stupa is a Buddhist stupa in Sarnath located 8 kilometres from Cantt Railway Station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The site was declared to be a monument of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India in June 2019.
Temple: Kashi Vishwanath Temple: 1780 Temple: New Kashi Vishwanath Temple (BHU) 1966 Temple: Bharat Mata Mandir: 1936 Temple: Durga Mandir: 18th Century Temple: Tulsi Manas Mandir: 1964 Temple: Sankat Mochan Mandir: 16th Century Ghat: Dashashwamedh Ghat: 1748 Ghat: Assi Ghat: 1988 Ghat: Manikarnika Ghat: 5th Century Ghat: Scindia Ghat: 1830 ...
Dhamek Stupa (also spelled Dhamekh and Dhamekha) is a massive stupa located in Deer Park at Sarnath in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. [3] One of the eight most important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists, the Dhamek Stupa marks the location where the Buddha gave his first teaching to his first five disciples Kaundinya, Assaji, Bhaddiya, Vappa and Mahanama.
The Sarnath capital is a pillar capital, sometimes also described as a "stone bracket", discovered in the archaeological excavations at the ancient Buddhist site of Sarnath in 1905. [1] The pillar displays Ionic volutes and palmettes .
The Buddha Preaching his First Sermon is a stone sculpture of the 5th-century CE showing Gautama Buddha in the "teaching posture" or dharmachakra pravartana mudrā. [2] The relief is 5' 3" tall, and was excavated at Sarnath, India by F. O. Oertel during the 1904–1905 excavation season of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI); it was found in an area to the south of the Dhamek Stupa.
The first hall inside Kedarnath Temple contains statues of the five Pandava brothers, Krishna, Nandi, the vehicle of Shiva and Virabhadra, one of the guards of Shiva. [19] Statues of Draupadi and other deities are also installed in the main hall. [2] An unusual feature of the temple is the head of a man carved in the triangular stone lingam.