Kushinagar
Historical city in Uttar Pradesh, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the town. For the district, see Kushinagar district.
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.
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Kushinagar | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 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 |
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