A Guide to Sarnath

Download or read book A Guide to Sarnath written by B. Majumdar and published by Pilgrims Book House. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the places in India of interest to Indian and foreign tourist and pilgrims, Sarnath must surely rank near top of the list. Located a few kilometers from Varanasi, the holiest city of the Hindus, in Uttar Pradseh, Northern India, Sarnath is the spot where Buddhism first saw the light of day. Here in the beautiful Deer Park is where the Buddha preached his First Sermon. Tucked away amongst mango groves, the Deer Park still preserves the peaceful charm of that it had on that day when Buddha first expounded his solution to the mystery of life to his five followers. This guidebook is a mine of information on the religious, historical and artistic background and takes you on a guided tour around all the monuments and the Museum of Archaeology. After traveling so far to see Sarnath, you owe it to yourself to really understand what you are seeing. “The reader is….provided with a description of the principal monuments and an interpretation of the symbolic animals which are carved on the Lion Capital. Finally, there are some philosophical explanations on the most important inscriptions…†----Frank E Reynolds, Guide to Buddhist Religion