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STD Code - 05544
Area is 4 square kilometers.
Population is 3000.
Altitude is 100 meters above the Sea Level.
Kapilavastu is well known as modern Piprahwa and it lies just 20 kilometers away from Siddharthnagar. Kapilvastu was one of the ancient capitals of the Sakya clan, whose ruler was the father of the Buddha that is reason why Budhha also referred as Sakyamuni.
Prince Gautam, now well known as the Buddha left the palace in Kapilvastu, just at his age of 29. He revisited this palace again 12 years later after he had attained enlightenment. Now this place Kapilvastu includes various villages, main of all these is Piprahwa and Ganvaria.
At the ancient site a large stupa stands and it is beleived that it has housed the bone relics of the Buddha. The relic presence is verified by ancient Brahmi inscription at Piprahwa.
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