Q. Arrange the following places related to the Buddha from East to West:
- Lumbini
- Bodhgaya
- Sarnath
- Kushinagar
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
Answer:
2, 4, 3, 1
Notes:
- Lumbini is located across the border from Gorakhpur in Rupandehi district of Nepal’s Lumbini province. It is believed to be the birthplace of the Shakya prince Siddhartha Gautam, who became The Buddha after attaining Enlightenment.
- Lumbini is one of the four great Buddhist pilgrimages, the others being Bodh Gaya, where The Buddha became enlightened under a Bodhi tree, Sarnath near Varanasi, where he gave his first sermon, and Kushinagar, where he died (or attained Mahaparinirvana).