Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Thaneswar, whose urban area is merged with Kurukshetra, is a pilgrimage site with many locations attributed to Mahabharata. [4] In the Vedas, Kurukshetra is described not as a city but as a region ("kshetra" means "region" in Sanskrit). The boundaries of Kurukshetra correspond roughly to the central and western parts of the state of Haryana and ...
Map of the 48 kos parikrama (approx. 96 miles circle) around Kurukshetra (at Ban Ganga/Bhishma Kund). The 48 kos parikrama is a parikrama (a circumbabulatory pilgrimage) of various Mahabharata-related and other Vedic-era tirthas (Hindu sacred sites) around the Hindu holy city of Kurukshetra in the state of Haryana, India.
Kurukshetra district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. The town of Kurukshetra, a sacred place for the Hindus, is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district occupies an area of 1530.00 km 2. The district has a population of 964,655 (2011 census). This district is part of Ambala division.
This page was last edited on 18 November 2024, at 06:48 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
[13] [14] [15] The Battle of the Ten Kings, mentioned in the Rigveda, may have formed the core of the Kurukshetra war's story. The war was greatly expanded and modified in the Mahabharata's account, which makes it dubious. [16] Attempts have been made to assign a historical date to the Kurukshetra war, with research suggesting c. 1000 BCE. [14]
The archaeological excavations located on the outskirts of the city of Kurukshetra. Kurukshetra, District : Kurukshetra, Adjacent to Sheikh Chilli's Tomb, [1] Excavation revealed antiquities from first millennium BCE to 19th century related to Vedic & Late Vedic periods, and at least six other subsequent cultural and historical periods.
Download QR code; In other projects ... Map of district Kurukshetra, Haryana (India) Date: 5 November 2016: ... Updated map with 22 districts. 00:57, 6 November 2016 ...
Kheri Ram Nagar was founded by Ch.Naanu Ji between 1840 and 1860. He was arrived from a nearby village named "Mathana" from a Kanyan gotra, which is in the same district, Kurukshetra. The village is still called "Naanu wali Kheri" by village elders. Sarpanch/Pardhan - Ch.Munshi Ram, Ch.Kaabaj Singh, Ch.Kuldeep Singh, Ch.Sher Singh Sher,