Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday offered prayers at Mahaparinirvana Stupa in Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh on the occasion of Buddha ...

This is located on the eastern end of Kushinagar and believed to the cremation spot of Buddha. The site consists of a huge stupa which was unearthed during an archaeological dig in 1910. The main ...

PM Modi to inaugurate Kushinagar international airport on Oct 20 After the airport's inauguration, the prime minister will also address a programme on Wednesday at the Buddhist site of ...

It is understood that PM Modi will also visit the Parinirvana Stupa, where Lord Buddha after decades of missionary activity is said to passed away in 487 BCE in Kushinagar. It is said that Mauryan ...

The stupa at Kushinagar once held some of the Buddha’s remains. Before going there, I had imagined what the death spot of Buddha would look like – in my head, it wasn’t a large structure.

Considered one of the four main sacred places of Lord Buddha, Kushinagar is believed to be the site where Lord Buddha attained ‘parinirvana’. A colossal reclining statue of Lord Buddha from the 5th ...

“According to Prime Minister Modi’s vision, Kushinagar in UP will be developed as an international tourist place. Today I reviewed the arrangements of the ‘Mahaparinirvana Temple’.

One of the oldest stupas in the world, the Dhamek stupa is huge. It is in Sarnath, which is only 13 km from Varanasi. This stupa is said to mark the spot where Buddha gave his first sermon to five ...