Kushinagar is a town in the Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India, 53 kilometres east of Gorakhpur on National Highway 27, Kushinagar is …Kushinagar is a town in the Kushinagar district in Uttar Pradesh, India, 53 kilometres east of Gorakhpur on National Highway 27, Kushinagar is a Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Buddhists believe Gautama Buddha died.