Kushinagar | |
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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. | |
  Kushinagar Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh  Kushinagar Kushinagar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 26°44′28″N 83°53′17″E / 26.741°N 83.888°E | |
| 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 |
| Pilgrimage to |
| Buddha's Holy Sites |
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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 died and attained parinirvana.
- ^ "Umesh Mishra (IAS) - District Kushinagar, Government of Uttar Pradesh - India". kushinagar.nic.in. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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Census2011Govwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "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.