Padrauna
| Padrauna पडरौना |
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| State : | Uttar Pradesh | ||
| District : | Kushinagar | ||
| Location : | 26 ° 54 ′ N , 83 ° 59 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 92 m | ||
| Residents : | 49,723 (2011) | ||
| Website : | npppadrauna.com/ | ||
Padrauna ( Hindi : पडरौना Paḍraunā [ pʌɖˈrɔːna ]) is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh .
It is located around 75 kilometers east of Gorakhpur and 240 kilometers northeast of Varanasi in the northeast of Uttar Pradesh near the border with the neighboring state of Bihar . 22 kilometers south of Padrauna is the Buddhist pilgrimage site Kushinagar , the place where the Buddha died . Padrauna is the largest city and the administrative seat of the Kushinagar district . At the 2011 census, the city had 49,723 inhabitants.