Kapilvastu was the ancient capital of the Shakya Clan, whose ruler ‘Shuddhodhan’ was the father of the Buddha,Therefore Lord Buddha is also referred to as Shakyamuni. The Shakya domain was one of the sixteen ‘Mahajanpads’ of the 6th Century B.C. Prince Gautam, as Lord Buddha was then known, left his palace in Kapilvastu at the age of 29 and revisited it 12 years later, after attaining the Enlightenment. Today, Kapilvastu comprises of the several villages, mainly Piprahwa, Ganvaria & Salagarh.
Gorakhpur Airport: 104 km; Sravasti airstrip: 146 Km., Kasia airstrip: 160 Km, Amausi Airport, Lucknow: 310 Km and Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, Babatpur, Varanasi: 330 Km.
Siddharth Nagar (Naugarh) Rly Station: 20 km.
Well Connected with good motorable road: SH-1A
Near the Aligarhwa Indo-Nepal border, Kapilvastu is situated at 97 km. north from Gorakhpur on State Highway1A. It is 20 km. from its district H.Q. Siddharth Nagar (Naugarh) which is the last rail-head for Kapilvastu.
Tourist office, Siddharth Nagar (20 km.)
STATE BANK OF INDIA, BERDPUR (9 KM.)
BERDPUR (9 KM.)
District Magistrate, Siddharth Nagar (05544) 222333, 222169, Fax: 220174
Naugarh Market - 20 km.
A three days Kapilvastu Mahotsava is organized every year on 29-31 December.