Kushinagar: facts

At a glance

• Country: India
• Administrative status: populated place (GeoNames code PPL)
• Population: approximately 274,403
• Coordinates: 26.7413° N, 83.8869° E
• Time zone: Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
• Currency: Rupee (INR)
• Distance to the capital, New Delhi: 689 km (428 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Gorakhpur Airport (GOP): 43 km (27 mi), straight line
• Gautam Buddha International Airport (BWA, Nepal): 97 km (60 mi), straight line
• Bharatpur Airport (BHR, Nepal): 117 km (73 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Padrauna: 20 km (13 mi)
• Kataiya: 27 km (17 mi)
• Deoria: 29 km (18 mi)
• Pipraich: 37 km (23 mi)
• Rudarpur: 43 km (27 mi)

Things to see

• Buddha Park (park)
• Japan SriLanka Buddhist Center (place of worship)
• Linh-son Vietnam Chinese Buddhist Temple (place of worship)
• Mahaparinirvana Stupa (place of worship)
• Mahaparinirvana Temple (place of worship)
• Matha Kunwar Shrine (historic)