Kapilvastu Museumकपिलवस्तु संग्रहालय
A small museum that explains the Piprahwa digs. Closed Mondays.
See what is open on your dateOpen in Google MapsWhereSiddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Gorakhpur & Terai
Gorakhpur & Terai
Kind of placeMuseums
Best time to visit1 October to 31 March
Good seasonsPost-monsoon (October to November), Winter (December to February), Summer (March to May)
DifficultyEasy
Time needed1 hr
Base and nearbyPiprahwa, Naugarh
EntrySmall ticket · closed Mondays
ClosuresClosed on Mondays
About Kapilvastu Museum
A small state museum beside the Piprahwa stupa, displaying finds from Piprahwa and Ganwaria with panels on the Kapilavastu question. It is modest but it gives the site context you will not get from the mounds themselves. The surrounding country is where Kala Namak rice, the scented black-husked variety, is grown.
What to see and do
- Finds from Piprahwa and Ganwaria
- Panels on the Kapilavastu identification
- Next to the stupa
Opening status, best time and closures here are estimates from usual seasons and past patterns, not live information. Confirm with the local authority before you go. Terms of use
More places in Siddharthnagar
- GanwariaSiddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageThe excavated brick quarter read as the palace of Kapilavastu, a km from Piprahwa.
- Piprahwa StupaSiddharthnagar, Uttar Pradesh · Monuments & HeritageWhere relics inscribed as the Buddha’s own were dug up in 1898. The Indian Kapilavastu.
All places in Siddharthnagar · All places in Uttar Pradesh
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