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Breaking the silence of the night, Siddhartha Gautam along with his charioteer Chana left the royal palace of Maharaja Shudhodhan and started out of the kingdom’s borders. At dawn they both reached the banks of the Anoma River. Across the river was another kingdom and a thick forest. They both crossed the river carefully. Siddhartha cut his hair with a sword and gave his sword, hair and the reins of his beloved horse Kantaka to Khana and ordered him to return.
A new journey to life for the well-being of all in the 29th year
This was the same Siddhartha Gautama, at whose birth astrologers predicted that he would be a great emperor or a great ascetic. To save him from this concession, the king gathered all the wealth in the royal palace and forbade the prince to leave. But where does such a thing happen? The prince who was once overwhelmed with compassion when he saw the people working in the fields on a hot afternoon or shot by a bird’s arrow, embarked on a new journey for the welfare of all in the 29th year of his life.
Penance and meditation on the banks of the river Niranjana
Even after learning everything in many ashrams, Gautam’s curiosity was not satisfied. After about 6 years, he started meditating and meditating on the banks of Niranjana river. After three months, five more monks joined him. One night he felt that there was no use in torturing his body like that. Woke up in the morning, bathed in the river and started traveling to Uruvela village. He fainted due to weakness on the way. At the same time, a woman named Sujata went towards the forest for worship.
