{"id":115251,"date":"2026-07-26T12:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=115251"},"modified":"2026-07-26T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:13:11","slug":"sarnath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sarnath\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarnath"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sarnath Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAncient Buddhist Site of Sarnath\u201d got inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sarnath<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in Varanasi, <\/span><b>Uttar Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is counted among the <\/span><b>holy pilgrimage sites of Buddhism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is described in ancient <\/span><b>Buddhist scriptures such as Rishipattan, Ishipatana, Mrigadava.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is now <\/span><b>India\u2019s 45th<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Uttar Pradesh\u2019s fourth <\/span><b>World Heritage Site.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Significance to Buddhist\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>ancient <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sacred land where Lord Buddha, after attaining enlightenment, delivered his first sermon to humanity and set in <\/span><b>motion the \u2018Dharmachakra Pravartan\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The inscribed serial property comprises two component parts \u2013 <\/span><b>Chaukhandi Stupa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>Archaeological Remains of Sarnath<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dhamekh Stupa, Dharmrajika Stupa, Mulagandgakuti Vihara, <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ashoka-pillar\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ashokan Pillar<\/strong><\/a>, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the historical period Sarnath was developed over centuries through <\/span><b>royal, monastic and lay patronage.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The site comprises an ensemble of ancient monuments constructed from the <\/span><b>pre-Mauryan period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (5th-4th centuries BCE to 3rd century BCE) up until the destruction of Sarnath in the <\/span><b>12th century CE<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarnath has been one of the most extensively excavated sites by the Archaeological Survey of India which resulted in a stratified settlement spread across 16 centuries (5th-4th centuries BCE to 12th century CE).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2289399&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarnath in Varanasi is a sacred Buddhist pilgrimage site and India&#8217;s 45th UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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