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Towards the end of his life , the Buddha went to visit Pataliputra...thousands of people gathered at the hall to hear the Dhamma directly from the Buddha...the city folk came to see him off and in the Buddha’s honour, named the gate through which he left “Gotama’s Ghat” ( Gotamudvara ) and the ferry landing that he used to cross the river “Gotama Ferry Landing” ( Gotamatitta ).
Michelle Decary, Kory Goldberg, in Along the Path: The Meditator's Companion to the Buddha's Land, Pariyatti, 1 June 2012, P.187 | ||