Kushinagar

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Kushinagar
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Image:Kushinara1.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ramabhar Stupa, built over part of the Buddha's ashes on the spot where he was cremated
Settlement.map_caption: Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Uttar Pradesh#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_relief: 1
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kushinagar
Settlement.government_type: Nagar Palika
Settlement.leader_title1: D.M.
Settlement.leader_name1: Umesh Mishra
Settlement.leader_title2: A.D.M
Settlement.leader_name2: Shri Devi Dayal Verma (PCS)

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Iron Age
Buddha's death
19th century
20th century
Modern Kushinagar
Demographics
Government and politics
As a Buddhist pilgrimage site
International relations
Notable people
References
Further reading
External links

Kushinagar (Pali: ; Sanskrit: ) is a town in the Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India. Kushinagar is a Buddhist pilgrimage site where Gautama Buddha attained parinirvana.

==Etymology== According to Alexander Cunningham, Kushinagara was named for the abundance of the kusha grass found in this region.

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