Global InformationNigrodharama information
Nigrodhārāma was a Sangharama with a Banyan grove near Kapilavastu, where a residence was provided for the Buddha when he visited the city in the first year after his Enlightenment.[1] It belonged to a Sākyan named Nigrodha, the monk who made Ashoka, the Mauryan Emperor a Buddhist; who gave it to the Monastic Order. The Nigrodharama is located at the site of the modern Kudan village, about six kilometres south of Tilaurakot, the citadel of Kapilavastu.[citation needed] The precise location of Nigrodharama is at the following coordinates: 27°31′41″N 83°02′27″E / 27.528186°N 83.040757°E.
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