Kushinagar
Where the Buddha died and was cremated, marked by a reclining figure six metres long carved from a single block.
- Where
- Uttar Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.7438, 83.9162
Get the Kushinagar stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kushinagar. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kushinagar
Valmiki National Park 44 km
Bihar's only tiger reserve, against the Nepal border in the Gandak valley.
Ramgarh Tal Lake 50 km
A lake of nearly seven hundred hectares in the middle of Gorakhpur.
Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary 52 km
A sanctuary in West Champaran around a lake that is now on the Ramsar list.
Gorakhnath Math 56 km
The seat of the Nath yogis, named for Gorakshanath, who gave Gorakhpur its name as well.
Lauria Nandangarh 56 km
An Ashokan pillar with a lion on top, and a burial mound beside it.
Ramagrama Stupa 87 km
A grassy brick mound in Ramgram, Parasi District, venerated as a stupa holding relics of the Buddha. Nepal's Department of Archaeology dates its building to between the Mauryan and Gupta periods.
Parsa National Park 90 km
Sal forest and the low Sivalik Hills spread over 627 square kilometres of the central Terai, next to Chitwan. A wildlife reserve from 1984, it became a national park in 2017, and its forests let animals roam between the two parks.
Chitwan National Park 94 km
Nepal's first national park, founded in 1973 in the jungle and grassland of the inner Terai and a World Heritage Site since 1984. Its 952 square kilometres are home to one-horned rhinoceros and Bengal tigers, watched from jeeps, canoes and on foot.
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Questions
Where is Kushinagar?
Kushinagar is in Uttar Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Valmiki National Park (44 km), Ramgarh Tal Lake (50 km), Udaypur Wildlife Sanctuary (52 km).
How do I get the Kushinagar stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kushinagar and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Uttar Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kushinagar before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Uttar Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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