The Nirvana Statue of Buddha-Kushinagar, utter pradesh
About Buddha "A unique being, an extraordinary man raised in this world for the benefit of the many, for the happiness of many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, the benefit and happiness of gods and men. Who Being unique is this? is the Tathagat, the Exalted, fully illuminated. " Birth On the full moon day of May, in the year 623 B.C. he was born in Lumbini Park at Kapilavastu, on the Indian borders of present Nepal. A noble prince who was destined to be the greatest religious teacher of the world. His father was King Suddhodana of the aristocratic Sakya clan and his mother was Queen Maha Maya. As the beloved mother died seven days after his birth, Maha Pajapati Gotami, her younger sister, who was also married to the King, adopted the child, entrusting her own son, Nanda, to the care of the nurses. Great