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Sujata
Sujata offers Milk-Rice to the Buddha (art of Ayutthaya).
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Religion	Buddhism
Known for	Offering kheer, thus breaking the seven year-long fast of Gautama Buddha, opening the way to his enlightenment.

Sujata, also Sujātā, was a farmer's wife, who is said to have fed Gautama Buddha a bowl of kheer, a milk-rice pudding, ending his six years of asceticism. Such was his emaciated appearance that she wrongly believed him to be a tree-spirit that had granted her wish of having a child. The gift provided him enough strength to cultivate the Middle Way, develop jhana, and attain Bodhi, thereafter becoming known as the Buddha. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The village of Bakraur near Bodh Gaya is believed to be her home. The Sujata Stupa was dedicated to her there in the 2nd century BCE. ^[4]

Gallery

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  Sujata and the Buddha in Ajanta (Cave 11).
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  Sujata in Lalitavistara, Borobudur.
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  Sujata and the Buddha ( Thailand).
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  Sujata in Wat Pho.
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  Sujata offers Milk-Rice ( Thailand)
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  Sujata offers Milk-Rice ( Kedah, Malaysia).
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  Sujata offering kiribath to Gautama Buddha depicted on fresco at Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara.
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  Sujata in a Bhutanese temple.

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