The elegantly carved feline figures from the third century B.C., unearthed by the British in northern India, embody both ...

Day 2: Temples, Banarasi Silk, and more food Begin your second day with a short trip to Sarnath, just outside Varanasi. This is where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon, and the site’s peaceful ...

“It is an honour to visit Sarnath, a place where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon, a message of peace, wisdom, and enlightenment. I am deeply moved by the efforts made to preserve and ...

Sarnath where he preached his first sermon as the Buddha; and Kusinara where he died – Parinibbana. The Buddha always insisted he was just a human being, and deification and elevating him to ...

Sarnath, located just under 10km from Varanasi ... The Dhamek stupa, which was built by Emperor Ashoka in 249 BC is the actual place where he delivered his first sermon. At a whopping 43.6m in height ...

Sarnath - At Sarnath, just outside Varanasi, travelers witness the history where Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon - setting the Wheel of Dharma into motion. The Dhamek Stupa, Ashoka Pillar, and ...

He then traveled to Sarnath and delivered his first sermon at Deer Park. This event is recorded in history as the ‘Turning of the Wheel of Dharma’ (Dharma Chakra Pravartana). In his book, Pyrrhonism: ...

“One of the first things you see at Nalanda is the very first ... you have its origins in places like Lumbini, Bodhgaya, and Sarnath, where the Buddha preached his sermons. Within two to three hundred ...