Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra is a 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 state of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Brahma Sarovar and Kurukshetra Junction railway station.

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is a natural and divine tank in Kurukshetra, in the state of , India. It is 3600 feet long, 1500 feet wide, and 45 feet deep. Hinduism lays emphasis on taking bath for internal and external purity.

Railway station
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is a junction station at the junction of Delhi–Kalka line and Kurukshetra–Jind branch line. It is located in the Indian state of .

Museum
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The is located next to Shrikrishna Museum in , Kurukshetra, Haryana, India about 1.5 km from Kurukshetra railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thanesar and Kheri Ram Nagar.

Suburb
is a historic city and Hindu pilgrimage centre in the Kurukshetra district of , . It is located approximately 160 km northwest of .

Village
is a village situated in state of in District Kurukshetra. This is a small village having about 3500 people living in it.

Village
, Kurukshetra, according to the Puranas, is a village named after Odaumbar Rishi as it was his taposthali.

Kurukshetra

Latitude
29.9694° or 29° 58′ 10″ north
Longitude
76.8483° or 76° 50′ 54″ east
Population
1,340,000
Elevation
256 metres (840 feet)
Open location code
7JXRXR9X+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245769169
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
8986322
Wiki­data ID
Q593256
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kurukshetra” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كروكشيتر”
  • Arabic: “كوروكشترا”
  • Armenian: “Կուրկուշետրա”
  • Asturian: “Kurukshetra”
  • Awadhi: “कुरुक्षेत्र”
  • Bengali: “কুরুক্ষেত্র”
  • Bulgarian: “Курукшетра”
  • Catalan: “Kurukshetra”
  • Cebuano: “Kurukshetra”
  • Chinese: “俱盧之野”
  • Chinese: “古鲁格舍德拉”
  • Czech: “Kurukšétra”
  • Danish: “Kurukshetra”
  • Dutch: “Kurukshetra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوروكشترا”
  • Esperanto: “Kurukŝetr”
  • Finnish: “Kurukshetra”
  • French: “Kurukshetra”
  • German: “Kurukshetra”
  • Greek: “Κουρουκσέτρα”
  • Gujarati: “કુરુક્ષેત્ર”
  • Hebrew: “קורוקשתר”
  • Hindi: “कुरुक्षेत्र”
  • Indonesian: “Kurukshetra”
  • Italian: “Kurukshetra”
  • Japanese: “クル・クシェートラ”
  • Japanese: “クルクシェートラ”
  • Japanese: “クルクシェトラ”
  • Javanese: “Kurusetra”
  • Kannada: “ಕುರುಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ”
  • Kashmiri: “کروکشیتر”
  • Korean: “쿠루크셰트라”
  • Korean: “쿠룩셰트라”
  • Latvian: “Kurukšetra”
  • Lithuanian: “Kurukšetra”
  • Maithili: “कुरुक्षेत्र”
  • Malay: “Kurukshetra”
  • Malayalam: “കുരുക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Marathi: “कुरुक्षेत्र”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kurukshetra”
  • Oriya: “କୁରୁକ୍ଷେତ୍ର”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੁਰੂਕਸ਼ੇਤਰ”
  • Persian: “کروکشیتر”
  • Polish: “Kurukszetra”
  • Portuguese: “Kurukshetra”
  • Pushto: “کروکشیترا”
  • Russian: “Курукшетра”
  • Sanskrit: “कुरुक्षेत्रम्”
  • Sinhala: “කුරුක්ෂේත්‍ර”
  • Spanish: “Kurukshetra”
  • Swedish: “Kurukshetra”
  • Tagalog: “Kurukshetra”
  • Tamil: “குருச்சேத்திரம்”
  • Telugu: “కురుక్షేత్రం”
  • Thai: “กุรุกเศตรา”
  • Turkish: “Kurukshetra”
  • Ukrainian: “Курукшетра”
  • Urdu: “کروکشیتر”
  • Vietnamese: “Kurukshetra”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کروکشترا”

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