Kushinagar one of the four holy places of buddhist
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Lumbini ; (nepal) this is the birthplace of gautama buddha
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Bodhgaya (bihar state in india) :the place of enlightenment
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Sarnath (uttar pradesh state in india) ;the place of gautama buddha given first sermon to his five friends
- Kushinagar (uttar pradesh state in india ) ;it important pilgrimage because buddha attained parinirvana after his death it international buddhist pilgrimage centre
kushinagar is a holy place, who are practice buddhism and other religious also, and it s popular pilgrimage destination . It is not domestic pilgrimage it s international center ,the followers of buddhism especially from asian countries like china, japan ,sri lanka,thailand,tibet, cambodia,laos,burma,vietnam,they wish to visit these place at least once in their life time . Because gautama buddha attained mahaparinirvana ( death) his death at kushinagar that’s way buddhist believe that kushinagar holy place
In kushinagar ramabhar stupa was built over a portion of buddha’s ashes on the spot where lord buddha was cremated
uttar pradesh govt also decided to construct to world largest buddha statue in kushinagar ,kushi nagar lie between lumbini and sarnath
Lost words of buddha;be hold now brethren i exhort you saying decay is inherent in all component things work out your salvation with diligence
LOCATION
Kushinagar located eastern parts of uttar pradesh state in india ,Kushinagar is located indo gangetic plain in india
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
- 26.7399 north latitude
- 83.8870 east longitude
MSL ( MEAN SEA LEVEL)
Kushinagar elevation 79 meter above sea level or 260 ft
CLIMATE OF KUSHINAGAR
Generally worm and temperate condition in kushinagar,in these are lot of variation in winter and summer
- Average Highest temperature 31.4 c or 88.5 f
- Average lowest temperature 16.3 c or 61.3 f
- Average rain fall with in the year 1261 mm
LOCAL LANGUAGE
- Hindi
BEST TIME TO VISIT TO KUSHINAGAR
- November to february
HISTORY OF KUSHINAGAR
Kushinagar is a final resting place of buddha , kushinagar a buddhist pilgrimage center .Gautama buddha attain parinirvana in the 5th century 483 BCE
The kushinagar re invented by alexander cunning hum the first archaeological servaior of india and after followed by cl carlier who exposed the main stupa and alsop discovered 6.10 mt long statue reclining buddha in 1876
- PARINIRVANA STUPA
The recelling nirvana statue of buddha is parinirvana stupa . the statue is 6.10 mt long and made with monolithic red stone . It represented dying buddha
- RAMABHAR STUPA
Rambar stupa also called a mukthbandan chaitya is a cremation place of buddha this site is 1.5 km east of the main nirvana temple
VISITING HOURS AND TIMINGS
- Stupa opening all days in a week there is no holy day even on the day of national holidays
- Stupa opening morning 8;00 a to 6;00pm
- no entry fees for stupa
VISITING PLACES IN KUSHINAGAR
- Parinirvana stupa
- Buddha temple
- Myanmar stupa
- Vietnam stupa
- Thai temple
- Japanese temple
- Golden temple
- Mathakur shrine
- Chinese temple
- Japan chinese buddhist centers
- Bhojanalay
- Korean temple
- Buddhist museum
SOME CITIES FROM KUSHINAGAR
- Delhi———–876 km
- Calcutta——-323 km
- Lucknow——809 km
- Bhopal——–980 km
- Hyderabad—– 1471 km
- Mumbai——-1699 km
- Kochi——–2593 km
- Bangalore—-2063 km
- Sarnath——-229 km
- Bodhgaya—331 km
NEAREST AIR PORT
Gorakhpur air port
NEAREST RAILWAY STATION
Gorakhpur
ROAD WAYS
No 28 Highway connected kushinagar . khanpur, jhansi,lucknow,gorakhpur
OTHER BUDDHIST PLACES IN INDIA
Bodh gaya ( bihar)
- Kushinagar (uttar pradesh)
- kapilavastu ( uttar pradesh)
- sravasti ( uttar pradesh)
- Rajgiri ( uttar pradesh)
- Dharamshala (himachal pradesh)
- Tawang (arunachal pradesh)
- Sanchi (madhya pradesh)
- Rumtek monastery (gangtok)
- Vaishali (bihar)
- Mindrolling monastery(dehradun
- Leh ladakh ( jammu and kashmir)
- Golden temple ( coorg )
- spitivally (himachal pradesh)
- Dhamma setu ( tamil nadu)
- Sariputra ( bihar)
- Key montessori (
- Karla bajwa caves
- Bhojana konda ( andhra pradesh)
- ajanta caves( maharashtra)
- Amaravathi ( andhra pradesh )
- Nagarjunakonda ( andhra pradesh)
- Ellora caves ( maharashtra)
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