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
Article
15 sectionsContents
- 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.