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Who was the foster Mother of Gautama Buddha?

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Amrapali
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Subadra
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Gautami
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Sujata
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The correct option is B Gautami
Buddha, whose original name was Siddhartha Gautama, was the founder of Buddhism. He was born to Suddhodana and Mahamaya in Lumbini in the Shakya clan and thought to have lived in India from 563 B.C. to 483 B.C. Manahmaya's sister Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī was the foster mother of Buddha.

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