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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Mountain top in India}}<br />
{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Gurpa hill<br />
| other_name = Kukkutapada, Gurupada giri<br />
| photo = Gurpa7.png<br />
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| photo_caption = View of Gurpa hill<br />
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| map = India<br />
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| label_position = bottom<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25|00|06|N|85|26|47|E|type:mountain|display=inline,title}}<br />
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Gurpa hill (also known as '''Kukkutapāda<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goldberg |first1=Kory |last2=Decary |first2=Michelle |title=The Meditator's Companion to Pilgrimage in the Buddha's India and Nepal |date=2013 |publisher=Pariyatti Publishing |isbn=9781938754586 |pages=17–28}}</ref>''' or '''Gurupādaka''') is a [[Buddhist]] pilgrimage site located in the Indian state of [[Bihar]], twenty six kilometres northeast of [[Bodh Gaya]]. The mountain is said to be the site where the Buddha's disciple, [[Mahākāśyapa]], is said to have died while waiting for the future [[Buddha]], [[Maitreya]] to arrive on earth.<ref name=Buswell2014>{{cite book |last1=Buswell |first1=Robert |last2=Lopez |first2=Donald |title=The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |date=2014 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=9780691157863 |pages=450|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGmYDwAAQBAJ}}</ref><br />
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It is also considered to be one of the tallest peaks in the [[Gangetic plains]]. There is a rough steep path that leads to the summit. {{failed verification span|text=At the top of the mountain is a [[stupa]] and a Buddhist temple.|date=September 2025}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dhammika |first1=Shravasti |title=Middle Land, Middle Way A Pilgrim's Guide to the Buddha's India |date=1999 |publisher=Buddhist Publication Society |isbn=9789552401978 |page=146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZ-Qa_jRVMYC}}</ref><br />
Many Buddhist pilgrims including [[Xuanzang]] have visited this place.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Monica |first1=Esposito |title=Facets of Qing Daoism |date=2016 |publisher=UniversityMedia |isbn=9783906000077 |page=390 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wl6uDwAAQBAJ}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mountains of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Buddhist holy sites in Bihar]]</div>MellissaFortier