The history of Buddha and Buddhism is not unknown to anybody around the world. From the birth of Buddha to the death of Buddha and attaining Nirvana, everybody must have read about it in the history books or elsewhere. Coming to a topic, Gautama Buddha never preached to his followers about himself being a God or idolizing him. After hundreds of years of his death, people or the followers of Buddha preferred to idolize and worship him. Read more at:
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