Mahaparinirvana Stupa
Kushinagara, The capital of Malls also called as kushinara, Kushigarama according to the Mahaprinirvana Sutta, is one of the four most sacred places as declared by Buddha himself. Here Buddha breathed his last and attained Parinirvana on the full moon day of the Vaishakha (April-May ) month.The body is believed to have been cremated with due honors by the Mall as of Kushinagara near Makutabandhana Chaitya.
The remains unearthed here they comprise the main Stupa, the Nirvana Temple on a raised platform surrounded by a group of monasteries on the western side, a group of small sized stupa with carved bricks and ornamental plasters on the southern side, a large two tiered brick platform and small sized stups partly concealed beneath the main stupa on the eastern side and votive stupas and monasteries on the northern side.