Buddhism originated in India and Nepal, with sacred sites including Kushinagar where Buddha attained parinirvana. Kushinagar was abandoned around 1200 AD but rediscovered in the mid-19th century ...

Excavated in 1867, Parinirvana Stupa is huge stupa made of brick. The stupa has Brahmi inscription on its walls and a reclining Nirvana statue of Buddha inside it. The statue is placed on a brick ...

Themes: Buddhism; the life of the Buddha; the festivals of Wesak and Parinirvana Day; the Eightfold Path. Summary: this assembly is suitable at about the time of the festivals of Wesak (April or ...

The festival celebrates both the Buddha and the coming of spring and new life. On Parinirvana Day, Mahayana Buddhists attend the temple and may listen to readings about the Buddha’s final days.

The Buddha died, achieving parinirvana (final nirvana), at the age of 80 in the town of Kushinagar, in Uttar Pradesh. Darius I of Persia annexed the states of Sind and Punjab in northern India in ...

In addition, seven smaller choetens, all made of wood and ranging from 3 to 4 feet tall, are believed to represent the Eight Great Stupas, though the Stupa of Parinirvana is absent. These choetens ...

The decision was made at the third Dharmasangayanaya (The Buddhist Council) held after the Parinirvana of the Buddha. He was however, reluctant to send his only daughter on an overseas mission.

Much controversy surrounds the Buddha's birth and death, or parinirvana (the reaching of nirvana); the traditional date of his death is 486 BCE but some believe he was born sometime in the mid ...