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Option 2 : Buddhism
The correct answer is Buddhism.
- Kapilvastu is a holy site of Buddhism near Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh.
- Kapilavastu was an ancient city and earlier it was the capital of Shakya.
- It was the childhood home of Gautama Buddha.
- Thousands of travellers visit the place to pay tribute to the soul of the Gautama Buddha.
- Kapilvastu, Uttar Pradesh:
- Known as Piprahwa now, a section of archaeologists and historians believe this is the site of the palace where Shakya Prince Siddhartha was staying when he saw the three sights that changed his life forever.
- Gautam Buddha:
- He was born as Siddhartha Gautama in circa 563 BCE, in a royal family in Lumbini which is situated near the Indo-Nepal border.
- His family belonged to the Sakya clan which ruled from Kapilvastu, Lumbini.
- Buddha's father was Suddhodana, chief of the Shakya tribe that lived in ancient Kapilavast
- At the age of 29, Gautama left home and rejected his life of riches and embraced a lifestyle of asceticism or extreme self-discipline.
- After 49 consecutive days of meditation, Gautam attained Bodhi (enlightenment) under a pipal tree at Bodhgaya, Bihar.
- Buddha gave his first sermon in the village of Sarnath, near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. This event is known as Dharma Chakra Pravartana (turning of the wheel of law).
- He died at the age of 80 in 483 BCE at Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh. The event is known as Mahaparinibban or Mahaparinirvana.
- He is believed to be the eighth of the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu (Dashavatar).
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