Discussion
Which of the following Buddhist sites witnessed Gautam Buddha's first sermon?
Answer: A
Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon at Sarnath, near Varanasi, in the Deer Park (Isipatana). This event, the Dhammachakkappavattana Sutta, is called ‘turning the wheel of dharma’. Sarnath is one of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites.
Dhauli in Odisha is associated with the Kalinga war and the Ashokan rock edicts, Jaugarh in Odisha has Ashokan rock edicts, and Ratnagiri in Odisha is a Buddhist monastic site, none of which saw the first sermon.
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