Sarnath

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Buddhist pilgrimage site archaeological site historical place

Sarnath is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site near Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, India, where Gautama Buddha is believed to have delivered his first sermon after attaining enlightenment.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sarnath canonical 26
Bodh Gaya 1
Sarnath archaeological site 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist pilgrimage site ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
historical place ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Deer Park ⓘ
Isipatana ⓘ
Mrigadava ⓘ
associatedWith Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ
surface form: Gautama Buddha
associatedWithConcept Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine Turning of the Wheel of Dharma ⓘ
surface form: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
associatedWithEvent Four Noble Truths ⓘ
surface form: First Sermon of the Buddha
containsArtifact Lion Capital of Ashoka ⓘ
surface form: Lion Capital of Ashoka (original location)
country India ⓘ
distanceFromVaranasi about 10 kilometers ⓘ
foundedAsBuddhistSiteBy Ashoka ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Ashoka
governingBody Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasArtStyle Buddhist art ⓘ
surface form: Gupta art

Mauryan art ⓘ
hasFeature gardens ⓘ
monastic ruins ⓘ
pilgrimage facilities ⓘ
hasInscriptionLanguage Brahmi ⓘ
hasMonumentType pillar ⓘ
stupa ⓘ
vihara ⓘ
hasMuseum Sarnath Museum ⓘ
surface form: Sarnath Archaeological Museum
hasStructure Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath ⓘ
surface form: Ashoka Pillar

Chaukhandi Stupa ⓘ
Dhamek Stupa ⓘ
Mulagandha Kuti Vihara ⓘ
archaeological museum ⓘ
ruins of ancient monasteries ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument of national importance in India ⓘ
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Varanasi district ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern India ⓘ
surface form: North India
locatedNear Varanasi ⓘ
locatedOn Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
surface form: Gangetic plain
nearestMajorCity Varanasi ⓘ
primaryReligion Buddhism ⓘ
religiousSignificance one of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites ⓘ
site of Buddha’s first sermon ⓘ
religiousTradition Buddhism ⓘ
secondaryReligion Hinduism ⓘ
state Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UNLOCODE IN-Sarnath ⓘ
visitedBy Buddhist pilgrims ⓘ
tourists ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State Emblem of India → originalSculptureLocation → Sarnath ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh → containsImportantReligiousSite → Sarnath ⓘ
Lion Capital of Ashoka → location → Sarnath ⓘ
Lion Capital of Ashoka → foundIn → Sarnath ⓘ
Varanasi → hasNearbyBuddhistSite → Sarnath ⓘ
Shakyamuni Buddha → firstSermonPlace → Sarnath ⓘ
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport → servesPilgrimageTrafficTo → Sarnath ⓘ
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies → location → Sarnath ⓘ
Sarnath Museum → locatedIn → Sarnath ⓘ
Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath → locatedIn → Sarnath ⓘ
Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath → partOf → Sarnath ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnath archaeological site
Turning of the Wheel of Dharma → location → Sarnath ⓘ
Isipatana → locatedIn → Sarnath ⓘ
Isipatana → modernNameOfArea → Sarnath ⓘ
Dhamek Stupa → locatedIn → Sarnath ⓘ
Mulagandha Kuti Vihara → locatedIn → Sarnath ⓘ
Chaukhandi Stupa → location → Sarnath ⓘ
Deer Park → locatedIn → Sarnath ⓘ
subject surface form: Deer Park, Sarnath
Deer Park → linkedSite → Sarnath ⓘ
subject surface form: Deer Park, Sarnath
this entity surface form: Bodh Gaya
Mrigadava → locatedIn → Sarnath ⓘ
Indian Buddhism → hasPilgrimageSite → Sarnath ⓘ
Four Arya Truths → firstSermonTraditionalLocation → Sarnath ⓘ
Catvāri Āryasatyāni → taughtAt → Sarnath ⓘ
Asalha Bucha → associatedPlace → Sarnath ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sarnath, India
Varanasi Airport → servesPilgrimageDestination → Sarnath ⓘ
Alexander Cunningham → explored → Sarnath ⓘ
F. O. Oertel → placeOfActivity → Sarnath ⓘ
F. O. Oertel → workLocation → Sarnath ⓘ
Gupta art → notableSite → Sarnath ⓘ