more than twenty-five centuries ago in the north fo lndia there lived a kina named suddthothana He was the rulet of the sakaya kingdom he and the queen siri mahamaya had a son named prince siddhatha the prince was born on the fuii moon night in may at the lumbini forest He married his beautntiful cousin princess yasodhara and they had a son named rahul at the age of 29 he left the palace and travled to find out how to stop suffering at the age of 35 he attained enlightnment on the full moon night in may under the bodhi tree on the bank of the nerunchara rive he traveled from place to teach people for45 years he died at the age of 80 under the sala trees on the full moon night in may then he became the founder of buddhism