Kushinagar

Kushinagar
Town
Ramabhar Stupa was built over a portion of the Buddha's ashes on the spot where he was cremated by the ancient Malla people.
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Coordinates: 26°44′28″N 83°53′17″E / 26.741°N 83.888°E / 26.741; 83.888
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kushinagar
Government
• Type	Nagar Palika
• D.M.	Umesh Mishra[1]
• A.D.M	Shri Devi Dayal Verma (PCS)
• MP	Vijay Kumar Dubey (BJP)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	22,214
Language
• Official	Hindi[3]
• Additional official	Urdu
• Regional	Bhojpuri
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	UP-57
Website	kushinagar.nic.in

Pilgrimage to
Buddha's Holy Sites
The Four Main Sites Bodh Gaya Kushinagar Lumbini Sarnath
Four Additional Sites Rajgir Sankissa Shravasti Vaishali
Other Sites Ajanta Amaravati Barabar Caves Bharhut Chandavaram Devdaha Ellora Caves Kapilavastu Kesaria Stupa Kosambi Lalitgiri Mathura Nalanda Nasik Pataliputra Pāvā Piprahwa Pushpagiri Ramagrama stupa Ratnagiri Sanchi Udayagiri Tilaurakot Varanasi Vikramashila
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Kushinagar (Pali: Kusinārā; Sanskrit: Kuśinagara) is a town in the Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Located 53 kilometres (33 miles) east of Gorakhpur on National Highway 27, Kushinagar is an important and popular Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha attained parinirvana.