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Kapilavastu Tours

Kapilvastu, the ancient capital of Sakya clan to which lord Buddha belonged, is the place where prince Siddhartha grew up. Now a small village called Piprahwa, Kapilvastu was once a flourished city where Buddha spent his first 30 years. It was Kapilavastu, where he witnessed four events - sorrow of a beggar, sadness of an old man, pain of a sick and a dead body and finally decided to renounce all the worldly pleasure and search for the truth and salvation.

On your tours to Kapilvastu, you can see amazing ruins of temples and monasteries. The recent excavations made by the Archaeological Survey of India have lead to findings of many stupas and inscription of Kushana period. One stupa was built by the later Sakyans over their share of the Buddha's ashes and was enlarged on several occasions. Lord Buddha is believed to preach the Madhupindika Sutta in Kapilvastu. A small Sri Lankan Temple and Mahinda Mahavihara are other attractions nearby, worth visiting on your Kapilvastu tour.

How to Reach

Varanasi (312 km) is the nearest airport from Kapilvastu. Siddhartha Nagar (20 km) is the nearest railway station. By road, Kapilvastu can easily be reached via Gorakhpur (110 km) and other cities of Uttar Pradesh.

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