alleryWhere, by Buddhist tradition, did the Buddha attain parinirvana?
ARajagriha
BLumbini
CSarnath
DKushinagar
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Kushinagar
1. Buddhist tradition holds that he died at Kushinagar in present Uttar Pradesh.
2. There Ananda prepared a resting place in a grove of sala trees.
3. Lumbini is his birthplace and Sarnath the site of the first teaching.
_Source: Wikipedia, Gautama Buddha, Last days and parinirvana_
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