In which Indian state is the Buddhist pilgrimage site Kushinagar located?

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RPF Constable - 2018

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In which Indian state is the Buddhist pilgrimage site Kushinagar located?

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Uttarakhand

Bihar

Sikkim

Uttar Pradesh

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Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is correct.

Kushinagar, in the Kushinagar district of eastern Uttar Pradesh, is the place where Gautama Buddha attained Mahaparinirvana. The Mahaparinirvana Temple with its reclining Buddha statue and the Ramabhar Stupa stand there.

It is one of the four main Buddhist pilgrimage sites, along with Lumbini (birth, in Nepal), Bodh Gaya (enlightenment, in Bihar) and Sarnath (first sermon, in Uttar Pradesh).

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