Page 10 - HP2A 013 The legend of Gautama Buddha
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and grew up in Kapilavastu. The
exact location of this place is still
unknown, but there are many
speculations that it may have been
somewhere in India or Nepal.
Gautama was born as the son of
the elected chief of the Shakya
clan. When Gautama’s mother first
conceived Gautama, she had a dream
where a white elephant with six
white tusks entered her right side,
and ten months later Gautama was
born. In the Theravada Countries
the day of Buddha’s birth is widely
