This is the famous "Deer Park" in Sarnath, where the Buddha supposedly gave his first sermon, to the five ascetics who had abandoned him after he took a meager meal from a young girl on the banks of the Niranjana River. Weeks later, in this park, when they saw him approaching them from a distance, they were initially contemptuous and scornful, but when they noticed his serene demeanor, they were filled with wonder, and compelled to listen to what he had to say.