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  City Information - kushinagar, lumbini, sarnath   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kusinagar is where the Buddha finally attained Mahaparmirvana.
Amongst the ruins are the Mukutbandhan Stupa and a beautiful statue of the reclining Buddha.
At Gorakhpur, en-route to Kusinagar, there is the Rahul Sankritayan Museum with a collection of thangka paintings.
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 Kushinagar : Kusinagar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kushinagar or Kusinagar is a rural town in the state of Uttar Pradesh, 52 km off Gorakhpur[?], in northern India.
In ancient times, it was known as Kasia, a celebrated center of the Mallas[?] kingdom of ancient India.
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 Buddha - Wikipedia
He founded the community of Buddhist monks and nuns (the Sangha) to continue the teachings after his death (considered to be the paranirvana or complete ending of the Buddha).
After intermittent illness, the Buddha died at Kusinara (now Kusinagar, India) at the age of 80.
His last meal was sukara-maddava which he had received as an offering from a smith.
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 Pilgrimage of Lumbini
The Buddhist texts Lalitavistar, Jatak Nidan katha, Divya vadana and Mahavamsa have stated Lumbini as the birth place of Lord Buddha.
When Buddha was lying down on the death bed at the age of eighty in Kusinagar his disciples, monks and nuns surrounded him.
Thus, Lumbini was declared as the sacred spot to the pilgrims and was visited by the scholars, nobles, Royalties and devotees from all over the world.
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 ::.....Nepal Tibet Trekking.....::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Sarnath: Sarnath where Siddhartha Gautam a who came to be known as the Buddha, the 'Awakened One', delivered his first sermon, after attaining enlightenment.
Kusinagar: is revered as the site of the Buddha's Mahaparinirvana, his death and cremation, that marked his final liberation from the cycles of death and rebirth.
Lumbini is the place where the Buddha, known as the Tathagata* was born.
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 Temples  And Legends Of Bihar - Mahabodhi (Page 10)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Kusinagar might also have been lost to us but for archaeologists like A. Carlyle, Vogel and Pt.
Hirananda Shastri In Mahapatinirvana Sutta and other Buddhist literature we have excellent description of the last days of LordBuddha at Kusinagar, but the very identity of Kusinagar was getting lost to the world.
It was A. Carlyle who discovered the broken pieces of the image of Buddha, depicting the scene of Mahaparinirvana and pieced them up.
www.hindubooks.org /temples/bihar/mahabodhi/page10.htm   (186 words)

  
 Buddhist Channel | Nepal | Buddha statue to improve cultural ties
Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha in 623 BC in Lumbini of southern Nepal on full moon day.
And it was on this same full moon day that he attained enlightenment in Bodhgaya and passed away into nirvana at Kusinagar of India.
In the course of spread of Buddhism throughout Asia, Buddhism was also introduced in China around first century.
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 Fair & Festivals in Lumbini
His enlightenment was also held on the day of Vaiśākha sukla purnima in Bodhagaya.
At the age of 8o he left his body at Kusinagar.
This is known "Mahaparinirvana " in Buddhist society.
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 Kushinagar (Kusinara), India
Above: A bronze sculpture of the reclining Buddha as he passes away into nirvana, inside the Mahaparinirvana Temple; the stupa where the Buddha's cremated remains were buried.
Kushinagar (also spelled Kusinagar or Kusinara) is the site of the Buddha Shakyamuni's death.
It is one of the four major pilgrimage destinations said to have been authorized by the Buddha himself.
www.sacred-destinations.com /india/kushinagar.htm   (441 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Kusinagar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Kusinagar; all previous versions may be viewed here.
They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/?title=Kusinagar   (478 words)

  
 Buddha                   By TP
It was mostly the influence of the Buddha that put an end to the beinous custom of animal sacrifice prevalent in the Hindu rituals of the time.
Onhis 80th year Buddha set out on a tour that was to be his Mahaprasthan and He spent the final day of his earthly existence in Kusinagar, Dr. Kasia as it is now called.
He asked his chief disciple Ananda to help him lie down on a straw mattress between two trees.
www.mihira.com /wisdommasters/buddha.htm   (756 words)

  
 Holiday Nepal Tours & Treks - Pilgrimage Tour in Nepal, Buddhist Pilgrim, Hindu Pilgrim
Day 06:Cross the Nepal-India border and transfer by surface to Kusinagar.
Half day sightseeing at Kusinagar and overnight at Gorakhpur.
Day 08:After breakfast, Sightseeing of Sarnath and transfer by surface in the evening to Bodhagaya.
www.holidaynepal.com /nepal/buddhist-pilgrim.htm   (299 words)

  
 webindia123.com-religion of India-Buddhism-Sacred shrines of Buddhism
India, the birth place of the Buddha and Buddhism has many sacred shrines.
The four places :Lumbini, Buddha Gaya, Saranath and Kusinagar, where the four principal events of Buddha's life, viz.
Birth, Enlightenment, first preaching and Mahaparnirvana, took place are looked upon with greatest sanctity.
www.webindia123.com /religion/buddh/shrin.htm   (169 words)

  
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Bhagwan Buddha was born at Lumbini near Nepal, attained enlightenment at Uruvela, near Bodh Gaya, in Bihar and finally moksha at Kusinagar, in the country of Mallas, now in Uttar Pradesh on the very same day, i.e.
Special celebrations are held at places like Sarnath, Sanchi, Kusinagar and Bodh Gaya.
In the Deer Park at Sarnath, near Varanasi, he for the first time preached and turned the Wheel of Dharma.
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 Buddhism Today - Dda.o Pha^.t Nga`y Nay, default page-english
In, 1897, when severe famine broke out in Bengal, the Maha Bodhi Society opened a Relief Fund and sent an appeal to all the Buddhist Countries of Asia for help.
In 1900, three branches of society were opened in Madras, Kusinagar and Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) which are working for the spread of Buddhism.
In 19 15, the Maha Bodhi Society became a registered Body Sir Ashutosh Mukerjee as its first President.
www.buddhismtoday.com /english/world/country/003-india2.htm   (1006 words)

  
 Bridge makes Gandak basin buoyant- The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
SHALIKPUR (Kusinagar): For ages, love and matrimony swam agonisingly back and forth across the turbulent Gandak separating Bihar and UP.
Minutes after railway minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated a 896-metre road bridge here on Thursday evening, adjoining the rail bridge built in 1996, many vehicles wheeled across to UP.
“UP-Bihar jutane se dilon ka sangam bade ga,” said Chandreshwar Bharti from Nebua Raiganj in Kusinagar.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_Id=12307273   (517 words)

  
 Buddha's Footsteps | bhuddism | bhudda | lumbini | kapilvastu | thatagatha | varansi | kashi | Delhi | Red Fort | ...
The propounder, Buddha was born in what is now Nepal, achieved enlightenment at Gaya (Bihar) delivered his first sermon at Sarnath (UP).
Before taking his last breath at Kusinagar (Deroia, UP) he travelled miles across the country.
Today it's influence and popularity are proof in the Buddhist sites dotting the countrysides.
www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/14453.html   (1812 words)

  
 Glossary of Terms: Bu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Two months later he becomes a teacher, and delivers his first discourse near Varanasi, explaining the Four Noble Truths.
In around 544-480 BCE, Buddha dies at Kusinara (now Kusinagar, India) at the age of 80.
Over the millennium to follow, Buddhist philosophy has split countless times into branches upon branches, and has been assimilated in various ways by cultures around the world.
www.marxists.org /glossary/terms/b/u.htm   (4147 words)

  
 About India, holidays in India, Tourism information, Travelling India, Travel India, Cruise tours in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The propounder, Buddha was born in what is now Nepal, he achieved 'enlightenment' at Gaya (Bihar) delivered his first serman at Sarnath (UP).
Before taking his last breadth at Kusinagar (Deroia, UP) he travelled miles across the country.
Marking his journey and influence are Buddhist sites dotting the country
www.agrohatravels.com /About_India/about_india.html   (992 words)

  
 Poll boom in barren diara as exiles return to vote   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Poll boom in barren diara as exiles return to vote
RANGLALAHI (West Champaran): For a change, human beings outnumbered cattle heads in villages such as this in the vast Gandak diara in West Champaran, adjoining the Kusinagar district of Uttar Pradesh.
Forced to live in exile for over two decades in various UP towns the non-resident villagers drove, pedalled or trekked back to their villages on Friday to vote in the panchayat polls being held after 23 years.
www.ambedkar.org /News/Pollboom.htm   (471 words)

  
 The Buddha and His Noble Path
He was not born as a Buddha, but was a human being who became a Buddha by his own striving.
In 543 BC, on the full moon day of May (Vesaka Punnima), in the Sala grove Southwest of Kusinagar capital of the Mallas (in modern Uttar Pradesh, India), the Buddha, founder of the greatest religion, and the greatest teacher of all men and gods, passed into parinibbana (complete extinction), at the age of 80.
When the Blessed One was entering into parinibbana, he addressed the assembly of bhikkhus saying- 'Brethren, now behold, I exhort you, decay is inherent in all conditioned things, but the Truth will remain forever!
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Don can be reached from Patna to Siwan via Chhapra.
A day trip from Kusinagar via Gopalganj can also be arranged.
Buddhist Tours India offers Buddhist tour booking and Buddhist tour packages for India.
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