Sarnath

Sarnath is a holy town in , , about 13 km north-east of . It's famous as the site of the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma and also where the original Sangha was formed.
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  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 84 metres (276 feet)
  • Description: town in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Address: Uttar Pradesh 221007
  • Postal code: 221007

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chaukhandi Stupa.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Christopher Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Buddhist in Sarnath…

Sarnath

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Latitude
25.3776° or 25° 22′ 40″ north
Longitude
83.0276° or 83° 1′ 39″ east
Open location code
7MQ592HH+32
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245732958
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1257137
Wiki­data ID
Q324394

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Sarnath” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sarnath”
  • Albanian: “Sarnathi”
  • Arabic: “سارناث”
  • Assamese: “সাৰনাথ”
  • Basque: “Sarnath”
  • Bengali: “সারনাথ”
  • Bhojpuri: “सारनाथ”
  • Burmese: “မိဂဒါဝုန်”
  • Burmese: “ဣသိပတန မိဂဒါဝုန်”
  • Catalan: “Sarnath”
  • Central Bikol: “Sarnath”
  • Chinese: “鹿野苑”
  • Croatian: “Sarnath”
  • Czech: “Isipatana”
  • Czech: “Ršipatana”
  • Czech: “Sarnáth”
  • Czech: “Sárnáth”
  • Dutch: “Sarnath”
  • Esperanto: “Sarnato”
  • Estonian: “Sārnāth”
  • Finnish: “Sarnath”
  • French: “Sarnath”
  • French: “Sârnâth”
  • French: “Sārnāth”
  • Gan Chinese: “鹿野苑”
  • German: “Sarnath”
  • Gujarati: “સારનાથ”
  • Hausa: “Sarnath”
  • Hebrew: “סרנאט”
  • Hindi: “सारनाथ”
  • Hungarian: “Szárnáth”
  • Indonesian: “Sarnath”
  • Italian: “Isipatana”
  • Italian: “Isipathana”
  • Italian: “Sarnath”
  • Italian: “Sārnāth”
  • Japanese: “サールナート”
  • Japanese: “サルナート”
  • Japanese: “鹿野宛”
  • Japanese: “鹿野苑”
  • Kannada: “ಸಾರನಾಥ”
  • Kashmiri: “سارناتھ”
  • Korean: “녹야원”
  • Korean: “사르나트”
  • Lithuanian: “Sarnathas”
  • Malayalam: “സാരാനാഥ്”
  • Marathi: “सारनाथ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sarnath”
  • Nepali: “सारनाथ”
  • Newari: “सारनाथ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sarnath”
  • Norwegian: “Sarnath”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਰਨਾਥ”
  • Persian: “سارناث”
  • Polish: “Park Jeleni”
  • Polish: “Sarnath”
  • Portuguese: “Saranate”
  • Portuguese: “Sarnath”
  • Russian: “Сарнатх”
  • Sanskrit: “सारनाथम्”
  • Scots: “Sarnath”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Sarnath”
  • Sinhala: “සාරනාත්”
  • Sinhala: “සාරානාත්”
  • Slovenian: “Sarnat”
  • Spanish: “Sarnath”
  • Swedish: “Isipatana”
  • Swedish: “Mrigadava”
  • Swedish: “Rishipattana”
  • Swedish: “Sarnath”
  • Tamil: “சாரநாத்”
  • Telugu: “సారనాథ్”
  • Thai: “ธรรมเมกขสถูป”
  • Thai: “ป่าอิสิตปตนมฤคทายวัน”
  • Thai: “ป่าอิสิปตนมฤคทายวัน”
  • Thai: “สถานที่แสดงปฐมเทศนา”
  • Thai: “สารนาถ”
  • Thai: “อิสิปตนมฤคทายวัน”
  • Turkish: “Sarnath”
  • Ukrainian: “Сарнатх”
  • Urdu: “سارناتھ”
  • Vietnamese: “Sarnath”
  • Welsh: “Sarnath”
  • Western Panjabi: “سارناتھ”

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