Kushinagar

Kushinagar
Town
Ramabhar Stupa, built over part of the Buddha's ashes on the spot where he was cremated
Ramabhar Stupa, built over part of the Buddha's ashes on the spot where he was cremated
Kushinagar is located in Uttar Pradesh
Kushinagar
Kushinagar
Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh
Kushinagar is located in India
Kushinagar
Kushinagar
Kushinagar (India)
Coordinates: 26°44′28″N 83°53′17″E / 26.741°N 83.888°E / 26.741; 83.888
Country India
StateUttar Pradesh
DistrictKushinagar
Government
 • TypeNagar Palika
 • D.M.Umesh Mishra[1]
 • A.D.MShri Devi Dayal Verma (PCS)
 • MPVijay Kumar Dubey (BJP)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
274,403
Language
 • OfficialHindi[3]
 • Additional officialUrdu
 • RegionalBhojpuri
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationUP-57
Websitekushinagar.nic.in
Map of Kushinagar in relation to other Eight Great Places Buddhist pilgrimage sites and notable nearby cities

Kushinagar (Pali: Kusinārā; Sanskrit: Kuśinagara) is a town in the Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India, 53 kilometres (33 miles) east of Gorakhpur on National Highway 27, Kushinagar is a Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha died.

  1. ^ "Tufail (IAS) - District Kushinagar, Government of Uttar Pradesh - India". kushinagar.nic.in. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census2011Gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

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