Siddartha Gautama or Buddha

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monks in the evening walking through the Angkor Wat park


Buddha (c. 563-c. 483 BC), the founder of Buddhism, born in the Lumbini park near Kapilavastu, in present-day Nepal near the Indian border. The name Gautama Buddha by which the historical Buddha is known is a combination of his family name Gautama and the epithet Buddha, meaning "Enlightened One."



monks walking through the Angkor Wat park


The population of Cambodia is mostly Buddhist and every morning and evening the community of monks can be seen walking through the Angkor Wat park.



monks walking through the Angkor Wat park


Buddha monks walking away into the distance.



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