Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra is an historical region in India, also known as Dharmakshetra and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita." It also refers to the city Kurukshetra, situated in the area and administrative headquarters of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thanesar and Jyotisar.
Thanesar
Suburb
Thanesar is a historic city and Hindu pilgrimage centre in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana, India. It is located approximately 160 km northwest of Delhi.
Jyotisar
Village
Jyotisar, on the bank of Jyotisar Sarovar wetland, is a Hindu pilgrimage site in the city of Kurukshetra in Haryana state of India. According to Hindu tradition, Krishna delivered the sermon of Bhagavad Gita – the doctrine of Karma and Dharma to his wavering friend Arjuna to guide him to resolve his ethical dilemma and revealed his vishvarupa to him.
Kurukshetra
- Type: County with 965,000 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Haryana, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
30° northLongitude
76.75° or 76° 45′ eastPopulation
965,000Elevation
252 metres (827 feet)Abbreviation
“KRK”Open location code
8J2R2Q22+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 316417218OpenStreetMap feature
place=countyGeoNames ID
1265468
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Kurukshetra” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কুরুক্ষেত্র”
- Czech: “Kurukšétra”
- French: “Kurukshetra”
- German: “Kurukshetra”
- Gujarati: “કુરુક્ષેત્ર”
- Hindi: “कुरुक्षेत्र”
- Javanese: “Kurusetra”
- Kannada: “ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ”
- Malayalam: “കുരുക്ഷേത്രം”
- Marathi: “कुरुक्षेत्र”
- Polish: “Kurukszetra”
- Portuguese: “Kurukshetra”
- Russian: “Курукшетра”
- Sanskrit: “कुरुक्षेत्रम्”
- Spanish: “Kurukshetra”
- Tamil: “குருச்சேத்திரம்”
- Telugu: “కురుక్షేత్రం”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع کروکشترا”
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