Match the events of Buddha's life with their associated places:List I (Events)…
2013
Match the events of Buddha's life with their associated places:
List I (Events) | List II (Places) |
A) Birthplace | 1) Lumbini |
B) Attainment of Knowledge | 2) Bodh Gaya |
C) First Sermon | 3) Sarnath |
D) Attainment of Nirvana | 4) Kushinagar |
- A.
A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4
- B.
A – 1, B – 3, C – 2, D – 4
- C.
A – 4, B – 2, C – 3, D – 1
- D.
A – 3, B – 2, C – 1, D – 4
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Correct answer: A
Correct matching: A–1, B–2, C–3, D–4.
A) Birthplace → Lumbini: Siddhartha Gautama was born at Lumbini (present-day Nepal), marked by the Maya Devi Temple and the Ashokan pillar.
B) Attainment of Knowledge (Enlightenment / Bodhi) → Bodh Gaya: he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi (peepal) tree at Bodh Gaya, Bihar.
C) First Sermon → Sarnath: after enlightenment he delivered his first sermon (Dharmachakra Pravartana) to his five disciples at Sarnath, near Varanasi.
D) Attainment of Nirvana → Kushinagar: here 'Attainment of Nirvana' refers to the Buddha's Mahaparinirvana, i.e. his final passing away, which took place at Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. (His enlightenment at Bodh Gaya is 'nirvana' in the sense of liberation, but in this list the contrasting event mapped to a separate place is the final Mahaparinirvana.)
These four are the principal sites of the Buddhist pilgrimage circuit, so the correct pairing is A–1, B–2, C–3, D–4.