Possible Clues:

• Returning knight had placed statue in temple
• Siddhartha Gautama's title
• Kureishi's is out of town
• Half of Dublin Rising initially down to surprise from the enlightened one
• Founder of a world religion
• Alternatively, Gautama Siddhartha
• Half of Dublin Rising had problem with the enlightened one
• Pal had reincarnated spiritual leader ...
• Mate in America had developed godlike figure
• Fifth-century BC founder of an Asian religious philosophy