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and the city contains one of the best preserved Pillars of Ashoka, topped by a single Asiatic lion. The second Buddhist council was also held here in 383 B.C. The ancient city of Bihar, which is now an archaeological site, is where Gautama Buddha preached his last sermon before his death in 483 B.C. It is one of the last four places common to the Buddhas of the world. Source: /uni/z-photos_hh2004/11-Sankasya/18-Sankasya-B.jpgĪs per the legends, after preaching his mother, Queen Mayadevi, in heaven, Buddha descended from Tushita Heaven in the ancient city of Sankashya. Jetavana monastery, the most famous Buddhist monastery in India where Buddha gave majority of his teachings and discourses, is also located here. The third turning of the Wheel of Dharma was delivered to an audience of bodhisattvas in the ancient city of Shravasti or Savatthi, one of the six largest cities in India during Gautama Buddha’s lifetime. It is also famous for the hot water springs, also known as Brahmakund, and has the Peace Pagoda, Vishwa Shanti Stupa, one of the 80 Peace Pagodas in the world.
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Rajagirha or Rajgir in Bihar is where the second turning of the Wheel of Dharma is said to have taken place. Many of the ruins of stupas here are dated as early as 3rd and 5th century B.C. Known as Kushavati in the ancient times, Kushinagar is where Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana, which occurs upon death of a body of someone who has attained nirvana during their lifetime. It also houses the Ashoka Pillar surmounted by the famous Ashokan Lion Capital which became the National Emblem of India and National Symbol on the Indian Flag.
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Located 13 km north-east of the holy city of Varanasi, Sarnath is the place where Buddha set the motion of the Wheel of Dharma and taught the four noble truths and teachings associated with it. The Mahabodhi Temple located in Bodhgaya became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002. The holy site situated in Bihar where Prince Siddhartha attained enlightenment underneath a bodhi tree and became Buddha some 2,600 years ago. Here are some of the places of significance and Buddhist holy sites in India: 1) Bodhgaya Practicing Buddhism is most common in Himalayan regions like Ladakh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and there are many sites of religious importance to Buddhists in India. Based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautam, who later became Buddha, or the enlightened one, Buddhism took birth in ancient India, around the ancient kingdom of Magadha, present day Bihar.