Lord Suddhodana, father of Gautama Buddha, was of the Shakya tradition, having a place with the Kshatriya, or warrior rank. Maya Devi, his mother, conceived the youngster in her direction to her parent's home in Devadaha while taking a rest in Lumbini under a Sal tree in the month of...
Mythical grove in the foothills of the Himalayas where Queen Maha Maya gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, the future Buddha, in about 563 BC.historytodayprod