In which of the following cities did Gautam Buddha get enlightenment?

Correct option is B

Sol: The correct answer is (b) Bodh Gaya

Key points:

• Gautam Buddha achieved Nirvana (Enlightenment) on the banks of river Niranjana in Bodh Gaya.
• He was known as Gautama Buddha and Tathagata (he who has attained the truth) after this.
• Gautam Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath. It is called Dharma Chakra Pravartana or the Turning of the Wheel of Law.
• Lumbini in Nepal is the birthplace of Buddha.

Information booster:

• Gautama Buddha Gautama Buddha was born at Lumbini in the Sakya Kshatriya clan.
• He was the founder of Buddhism. His father was Suddhodhana, King of Kapilavastu, and his mother was Mahamaya, Princess of Kollia republic.
• He married Yasodhara at an early age and had a son Rahul.
• At the age of 35, he got enlightened under a pipal tree in Bodh Gaya.