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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  • City with 1,340,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 256 metres (840 feet)
  • Description: city in India

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.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thanesar and Kheri Ram Nagar.
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is a village situated in state of India in District Kurukshetra.
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Kurukshetra

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Latitude
29.9694° or 29° 58′ 10″ north
Longitude
76.8483° or 76° 50′ 54″ east
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”
  • Hindi: “धर्मक्षेत्र”
  • 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”
  • Magahi: “कुरुक्षेत्र”
  • 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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