Correct Answer - Option 2 : Siddharth
The correct answer is Siddharth.
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Lord Buddha's real name was Siddharth.
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Gautam Buddha:
- His real name was Siddharth.
- At the age of 29, he renounced home, this was his Mahabhiniskramana.
- At the age of 35, under a peepal tree at Uruvella (Bodh Gaya) on the bank of river Niranjana, he attained Nirvana after 49 days of continuous meditation he got fully enlightened (Buddha or Tathagat).
- He delivered his first sermon at Sarnath to his five disciples.
- This is known as Dharmachaka Pravartana
- He died in 483 BC at Kushinagar.
- This is known as Mahaparinirvana.
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Mahavira was also known as Vardhman.
- He was the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism.
