Kushinagara

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Kushinagara (Skt. Kuśinagara; Wyl. ku sha'i grong khyer) - the town where Buddha Shakyamuni passed into parinirvana. At the time of the Buddha, it was part of the Malla confederacy. In modern India, it is close to the village of Kasia, which is to the east of Gorapur.

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