Buddha-Rajaon Ka Raja(titled as Buddha - The King of Kings) is a Historical drama on Zee TV and Doordarshan, produced by B. K. Modi, under the banner Spice Global.[1][2][3][4][5] The show airs from 8 September 2013 on Sunday at 11:00 am on Zee TV and Doordarshan.[6][7] The programme stars Kabir Bedi in a cameo role as Asita Muni, the sage who announces the coming of Lord Gautam Buddha.[8] The story of the serial is based on the life of Lord Buddha that shows how a prince,Siddhartha became a Buddha.[9][10][11][12] The role of Mayadevi was earlier scheduled to be played by Samiksha Singh,was replaced with Deepika Upadhyay.[13][14] Himanshu Soni is playing the lead role of Buddha,[15][16][17][18] while 2010 Miss India top ten finalist, Kajal Jain is playing role of Buddha's wife Yasodharā[19][20] Earlier, Ashutosh Gowariker wanted to collaborate with Shekhar Kapur for a television series on Buddha
King Shudhodhan tries to instil the martial spirit in Siddhartha and asks him to behave like a warrior. Queen Mangala visits a blackmagician and seeks help to make her son Devdutt win the duel. As advised by the black magician Mangala implants a nail in the weapon to be used by Siddharth. During the duel, Siddhartha only defends and refuses to attack Devdutt. He relents only after guru Kaundilya threatens to disown him as a student. Siddhartha fights and wins the duel. King Shudhodhan decides to celebrate Siddhartha's victory. Princess Yashodhara visits the palace to iron out the differences between her father and her uncle King Shudhodhan. She says that she wants to reunite the two estranged families.
Siddhartha passes orders to free Urmila's lover Baldev who had attacked him. Siddhartha promises Baldev that he will facilitate his marriage to Urmila. An overjoyed Urmila thanks Siddhartha on learning about the same. Siddhartha gets furious on learning that Devdutt had physically tortured Kanchani in spite of knowing that she is not keeping well. He beats Devdutt up for his misdeed. Mangala creates drama and demands punishment for Siddhartha but King Shuddhodhana supports him. King Shuddhodhana passes the orders to kill Baldev as soon as he crosses Kapilvastu's border. Urmila gets married to Baldev and leaves with him for Kingdom Kushal. Siddhartha accompanies them and saves them from hidden attackers of King Shuddhodhana.
angala learns that an astrologer had declared that whoever will marry Yashodhara will become a king. She decides to get Yashodhara married to Devdutt. Back at palace Queen Prajapati learns that Siddhartha and Yashodhara are in love with each-other. She invites Yashodhara to the kingdom. Yashodhara confesses her love for Siddhartha to one of the maids in the kingdom and discovers that Siddhartha loves her too but he is unaware of it. Devdutt gets furious when Siddhartha becomes a member of a royal committee.
King Shuddhodhana issues orders for preparations of Siddhartha and Yashodhara's marriage. Later King learns that Prasannjit is moving towards Kapilvastu to declare a war. Devdutt threatens Yashodhara that war might be the end of Siddhrtha's life. Mangala declares Yashodhara to be unlucky for Siddhartha and kingdom. Devdutt learns that the whole war scene is King Dandpani's conspiracy against King Shuddhodhana. King Dandpani tells Devdutt that if he helps Prasanjit to win this war, Devdutt will get to marry Yashodhara.
Queen Mangala instigate Devdutt to kill Siddhartha during the war with Kaushal kingdom. King Shuddhodhana gets worried when Siddhartha goes missing. Queen Prajapati learns that Siddhartha had witnessed death for the first time in his life and went into depression. War starts with full flair and soon Siddhartha reaches to the battle ground. He requests both the kings to stop the war. After few attempts he finally succeeds in convincing all the soldiers about the importance of life. Later King Shuddhodhana and King Kaushal decide to stop the war.
Devdutt tries to harm Yashodhara but fails. Queen Prajapati prepares for Siddhartha and Yashodhara's marriage. King Shuddhodhana asks queen Prajapati to call his younger son back to kingdom who was been sent away soon after he was born. Queen Mangala gets worried and mentally unstable as Siddhrtha's wedding ceremony starts. King Prassanjit visits Kapilvastu to attend Siddhartha's wedding. Mangala conspires against Siddhartha but fails in implementing her evil plan. Episode ends with the entry of a young beautiful dancer Aamrpali in the kingdom.
