Sarnath
Sign in to saveSarnath (also known as Deer Park, Sarangnath, Isipatana Deer Park, Rishipattana, Migadaya, or Mrigadava) is a town northeast of Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. As the Lalitavistara sutra states, the Gautama Buddha chose "Deer Park by the Hill of the Fallen Sages, outside of Varanasi" for his first teaching after he attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya. The teaching is entitled Dhammacakkappavattana sutra. Sarnath is one of the eight most important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists, and has been nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Sarnath is a town near Varanasi in India where the Buddha delivered his first teaching after achieving enlightenment, an event of central importance to Buddhist history and practice. It remains one of Buddhism's eight most significant pilgrimage destinations and has been proposed for UNESCO World Heritage status.
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19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- 5th century BCE – 6th century CE
- 6th – 8th centuries CE
- 8th – 12th centuries CE
- Late 12th century: the destruction of Sarnath
- 18th century: rediscovery and looting
- 19th century: more looting and early archeological excavations
- 20th century: extensive excavations and restoration
- Present day
- Modern places of worship
- As a Jain pilgrimage site
- Other tourist attractions
- In English literature
- Gallery
- Footnotes
- References
- Cited works
- External links
Sarnath (also known as Deer Park, Sarangnath, Isipatana Deer Park, Rishipattana, Migadaya, or Mrigadava) is a town northeast of Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India. As the Lalitavistara sutra states, the Gautama Buddha chose "Deer Park by the Hill of the Fallen Sages, outside of Varanasi" for his first teaching after he attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya. The teaching is entitled Dhammacakkappavattana sutra. Sarnath is one of the eight most important pilgrimage sites for Buddhists, and has been nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sarnath is where Gautama Buddha's sangha first convened, when he gave the first teaching to his original five disciples Kaundinya, Assaji, Bhaddiya, Vappa and Mahanama, known as The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma. This teaching occurred circa 528 BCE when the Buddha was approximately 35 years of age.