In 1896, Waddell suggested that the site of the death and parinirvana of Gautama Buddha was in the region of Rampurva. However, according to Maha-parinirvana Sutta, the Buddha made his journey to Kushinagar, died there and wherein he was cremated. Modern scholarship, based on archaeological evidence, believes that the Buddha died in Kushinagar, close to the modern Kasia (Uttar Pradesh). Ashoka built a stupa and Gautam Buddha pilgrimage site to mark Buddha’s Death place and parinirvana in Kushinagara. The Hindu kings of Gupta dynasty period (4th to 7th century CE) helped greatly enlarge the Nirvana stupa and Kushinagar site, building a temple with reclining Buddha. This site was abandoned by Buddhist monks around 1200 CE, who flee to escape the invading Muslim army, after which the site decayed over the Islamic rule in India that followed. The British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham rediscovered Kushinagara in late 19th-century and his colleague A. C. L. Carlleyle unearthed the 1,500...
Kushinagar is the place where Buddha left his mortal body Buddha was born, received enlightenment and expired on the full moon day in the month of Baishak, (Baishak / Buddha Poornima. Kushinagar is great pilgrim center for all Buddhist pilgrims. Many Buddhist countries have built their monasteries at Kushinagar. Everything is changing with the time in this real world. But a city which remains its heritage, culture, value, Buddhism, and tastes of the traditional famous foods at the moment in time, even becomes more popular with the passage of the time. There are many restauran ts in Kushinagar and they served good food at your budget and also local eating points on the roadside So this time, I am going through some of the best foods and most famous food joints of Kushi Nagar what/where you can eat/taste there. However, Kushi Nagar is fully packed with a lot of famous restaurants located in top class hotels and posh areas. Still, I’ll share here ...
Kushinagar place of nirvana Kushinagar or Kusinara is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in the Kushinagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh located around NH-28 and is 52 km east of Gorakhpur city. The Government of Uttar Pradesh has proposed Kushinagar-Sarnath Buddha Expressway to connect Buddhist pilgrimage towns. The expressway will be around 200 km long and wil reduce the distance from both towns from Seven hours to one and half hours. The expressway will also promote easy accessibility from other East UP towns to proposed AIIMS near Gorakhpur. It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death. Outside India, it is an International Buddhist Pilgrimage site . The followers of Buddhism, especially from Asian countries, wish to visit this place at least once in their lifetime the place of nirvana Gautam Buddha Kushinagar ...
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