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Who was the Mother of Gautama Buddha?

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Yashodara
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Yashoda
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Sujata
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Mahamaya
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Solution

The correct option is C Mahamaya
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. He obtained his enlightenment in Bodh Gaya, gave his first sermon in Sarnath, and died in Kushinagar.

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