The traditional account of the Buddha’s final journey is central to the significance of Kushinagar. The story connects a final period of teaching and travel with the Buddha’s passing and the subsequent development of relic and pilgrimage traditions.
Kushinagar’s archaeological monuments should be read alongside these traditions. The site is simultaneously a place of devotion, archaeology, conservation and international pilgrimage.
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