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CHAPT R XIX

PLAC S OF INT R ST

The Ku ukshet a Dist ict has its due sha e of places of inte est

among which Thanesa and Pehowa fo m places of all India

impo tance. Ku ukshet a, as indicated elsewhe e, has an extensive

a ea of about 100 miles (48 Ko ) in length and the same in b eadth.1

It

is said in the Purana that those who visit this a ea o eside he e even

fo a while, go st aight to heaven afte death. But the most sac ed act

is taking a dip in its many holy tanks, which a e as follows:-

Kurukshetra (Thanesar)

Ku ukshet a has a ailway station on the main Delhi-Ambala

ailway line. It is about 160 kilomet es no th of Delhi, 30 kilomet es

no th of Ka nal and 40 kilomt es south of Ambala. It is at a distance

of about 5 kilomet es f om Pipli, a small town but an impo tant oad

junction on National Highway No.1, popula ly called the G and T unk

Road. The e is a big bazaa outside Ku ukshet a ailway station. The

station is also linked by egula bus se vices with all impo tant towns.

The big locality is the sta ting of a pilg image fo millions of

Hindus f om all ove the count y who visited the land of Ku ukshet a,

the venue of the Mahabha ata and the bi th place of Bhagwad Gita

fo its holy places. The e a e no big hotels to accommodate the

la ge influx of people, but accommodation is available in local

Dha amshala, viz., Bi la Dha amshala, Agga wal Dha amshala, Jat

Dha amshala, Bishnoi Dha amshala, Dha amshala Baba Kali Kamli

Wala and Bha at Sewa Ash am etc. Accommodation is also available

with special pe mission f om the conce ned Depa tments in the

P.W.D. Rest House at Pipli, Mode n Tou ist Complex (also at Pipli)

and the Canal Rest House at Jyotisa . The Ha yana Gove nment’s

Tou ist Bu eau at Ku ukshet a cate s to the convenience of tou ists

and pilg ims.

The State Gove nment has set up an autonomous body called

“Ku ukshet a Development Boa d” which is to unde take the ove all

integ ated development of Ku ukshet a including its landscaping,

1 B.K. Muzta , Ku ukshet a, Political and Cultu al Histo y, 1978, p.127.

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enovation of histo ical places, sac ed tanks and p oviding facilities to

pilg ims and tou ists.

Mythologically, the name “Ku ukshet a” applies to a ci cuit of

about 100 miles (160 kilomet es) which includes a la ge numbe of

holy places, temples and tanks connected with the ancient Indian

t aditions and the Mahabha ta Wa . “Acco ding to popula belief the

numbe of places of pilg image in it is 360, but no complete list of

them is given. Its ci cuit is va iously said to be 20, 40 and 48 ko , and

these accounts would make it include the town of Jind, which is 65

miles (104.6 kilomet es) distant f om Thanesa . This account, Gene al

Cunningham ejects, as a late invention of inte ested B ahmans,

wishing to ca y favou with the Sikh Raja of Jind by b inging his

capital within the ange of the holy ci cuit; and he concludes by

accepting as the p obable bounda y line d awn f om Ratan Jaksh on

the Sa assuti, westwa ds to Pehowa, f om southwa ds to beyond

Pund i, f om thence eastwa d to Na aina, no thwa d again to Ratan

Jaksh. This ci cuit is as nea ly as possible 80 miles (168 kilomet es),

o 40 ko ; and within its limits lie all the famous places connected

with the histo y of the Pandus. It may, the efo e, be accepted as

app oximately co ect”. It cove s a wide a ea with the p esent Panipat

and No thwest co ne of Jind dist ict in the South and Easte n pa t of

Patiala dist ict in the West, Sa aswati and Yamuna ive s a e its

No the n and Easte n bounda ies espectively. Acco ding to Manu, it

lies between the old sac ed ive s Sa aswati and D ishadwati and was

known as Brahma- varta.

In the ve y fi st ve se of the Bhagvadgita, Ku ukshet a is

desc ibed as Dharmk hetra, the field of ighteousness. It is also

known as Brahmak hetra, the field of B ahma-the c eato . Na dak is

anothe name fo Ku ukshet a, p obably de ived f om nirdukh i.e.

without so ow.

The ve y name “Ku ukshet a” conju es up the imagination of

eve y Hindu and eminds him of the ancient Indian past when the

A yans inhabited the land at the dawn of civilization. Upni had and

Purana we e also o iginated in this land.

Sa aswati is the ive pa excellence and appea s most

f equently in the Rigveda. Ku ukshet a was the abode of Sage Vyasa,

the legenda y compile of the Veda and Purana . It was an impo tant

cent e of lea ning and civilization. In fact, it is the c adle of Indian

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civilization and cultu e. A ound this, count y took shape a civilization

which is one of the legends in the cou se of wo ld histo y and

su passes in its continuity the ancient civilization of Egypt, Summe ,

Babylon, Akkad and Assy ia which have ceased to exist since long.

Yajurveda.- Desc ibes it as the place of sac ifices of Deva , i.e. the

Gods. It is also said to be associated with all the th ee Gods of Hindu

t inity. It was the B ahma vedi, i.e. the sac ificial alta of B ahma. It

was he e that B ahma, the C eato , was believed to have p acticed

penance and pe fo med a numbe of sac ifices so that he might p ove

equal to the task of c eation. It is the seat of c eation. P ajapati is

said to have c eated the wo ld and the fou Va nas at P ithudaka, i.e.

Pehowa. It was in Ku ukshet a that Lo d Vishnu, the p ese ve of the

unive se, p ayed to have Lakshmi as his spouse. Shiva, the Sun God

of dest uction, was said to have acqui ed the powe to dest oy the

demon T ipu a by bathing fo six months in the Sa aswati. He

became thanu by staying in Ku ukshet a. Thanesa is the Sthanu-

ti tha. Ku ukshet a came to be called Samantapanchaka when

Pa asu ama made five pools of the blood of K hatriya in evenge fo

his fathe ’s mu de . Acco ding to t adition, these we e subsequently

tu ned into holy pools of wate by blessings of his fo efathe s (pitra ).

It came to be called Ku ukshet a the field of Ku u, when King Ku u-

the ancesto of the Kau avas and Pandavas who was oyal sage of

g eat p owess, eclaimed this land with a golden plough fo many

yea s 1

the Puranic sto y about King Ku u is ve y inte esting and uns

thus:

“King Kuru elected thi land on the bank of the acred river

Sara wati for piritual culture and cultivation of eight-fold

virtue . The king came here on hi golden chariot and utilized

it gold for making a plough for cultivation. He took on loan

the bull of Shiva and a buffalo of Yama and tarted ploughing

the area. Indra , the king of God , came and a ked Kuru a to

what wa he doing. The king replied that he wa preparing the

land for growing the eight-fold virtue of religiou au terity

(tapa ). Truth, forgivene , purity, charity, yoga and

continence (Brahmcharya). Indra again a ked the king a to

where would he get the eed of the e virtue . The king replied

1 Vishnu Pu ana. IV.19.

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that the eed wa in hi po e ion. At thi the God Indra

laughed at him and went away. After the king had cultivated

the land for everal day , God Vi hnu appeared before the

king and a ked him a to what wa he doing. The king replied

in the ame manner a he had done when que tioned by Indra.

God Vi hnu a ked the king Kuru to give him the eed and aid

that he would ow it for him. At thi king Kuru put forward hi

right arm and the ame wa cut into thou and piece with the

Chakra of Vi hnu and own in the field. In the ame way king

Kuru’ left arm, hi two leg and then hi head were offered by

him to God Vi hnu for owing. Thi act of the king plea ed

God Vi hnu very much and he ble ed him. God Indra al o

appeared at thi tage and told the king that he wa very much

plea ed with hi acrifice and wi hed that he may a k for any

boon from him. The king upon thi begged of him two boon :

one, that thi land would ever remain a holy land named after

him elf, and the other, that any one dying here would go to

heaven irre pective of hi in and virtue .”

The sto y b iefly elated above is gene ally inte p eted to mean

that king Ku u established at Ku ukshet a an extensive institution fo

the mo al and spi itual cultu e of humanity as a whole. His object was

to lay down a code of conduct fo the people, st essing the impo tance

of intense manual labou and ighteousness.

Ku ukshet a fu the shot into p ominence as the battlefield of

Mahabha ta and the bi th place of Gita. The 18-day battle of

Mahabha ata was fought he e in the ancient past between Kau avas

and Pandavas fo upholding the cause of Dharma.

It was a “wa between good and evil” in which the Pandavas

eme ged victo ious. Bhagvadgita, the Song Celestial is the divine

message which Lo d K ishna delive ed to A juna on the eve of the

g eat wa when he saw the latte wave ing f om his duty. It epitomizes

all that is the best and noblest in the Hindu philosophy of life. Jyotisa

(nea Thanesa ) ma ks the site whe e it was delive ed.

Ku ukshet a is mentioned a g eat deal in ancient lite atu e. A

flou ishing count y of the Ku us, it was the most sac ed egion of the

Dvapara age acco ding to the Mat ya Purana,1 and one of the sixteen

1 Ka nal Dist ict Gazettee , 1973, p.506.


Mahajanapadas of Jambudvipa.1

In the Mahabha ata pe iod, it was

known as Bahudhanyka (land of plenty). It was the land of lakes and

lotus beds. Manu indi ectly p aises the p owess of the people of

Ku ukshet a. The Gi na ock insc iption of about A.D. 150 desc ibes

them as difficult to be cont olled. Bana desc ibes it as the land of the

b ave in the eyes of wa io s. The place was visited by Lo d Buddha

and appea s to have been favou ed by his maste ly discou ses.2

Ku ukshet a also finds mention in Panini’s A htadhyayi. It was also

visited by nine out of the ten Sikh Gu us. Only the second Gu u

Angad did not visit this place. The place whe e Gu u Nanak stayed

du ing his sojou n at Ku ukshet a is well known as Gu dwa a Sidhbati

on a mound nea the pumping station ac oss the Ku ukshet a tank.

The Gu dwa a dedicated to Gu u Ha gobind, the sixth Gu u, stands

nea Sannihit tank. A Gu dwa a nea the Sthaneshwa tank ma ks the

spot sanctified by the visit of the ninth Gu u Tegh Bahadu . On the

main bank of the Ku ukshet a tank, stands the Gu dwa a Rajghat built

in the memo y of the visit of the tenth Gu u Gobind Singh

who also visited Jyotisa .

The egion saw the ise and fall of many Empi es th ough

centu ies. Sons of the soil fought invade s in the battlefield of this

sac ed land f om time to time and thei exploits fill the pages of

histo y. The pe iod of King Ha sha was the golden age. The Chinese

t avelle , Yuan Chawang (Hiuen Tsang), who visited it in the seventh

centu y (A.D. 629 to 645) said:

“In that country of gaiety and plenty, the people were good

natured, ho pitable and magnanimou , devoted to their dutie

and hunning confu ion of ca te and cadre ”.

Bana, the g eat Sansk it poet, desc ibes the capital Thanesa in

glowing te ms. Ku ukshet a has been a symbol of sanctity and

holiness fo centu ies. T aditionally, its dust blown by wind o by the

feet of the pilg ims would take a sinne to parmagati (complete

communication with God). All who die he e attain mok ha

(delive ance f om taking bi th again and again). The ve y thought of

going and living the e would id pe sons of all his sins. Acco ding to

1 Ka nal Dist ict Gazettee , 1973, p. 507.

2 Ibid.


the Mahabha ata, Ku ukshet a is the tirtha pa excellence in all the

th ee wo lds.

Hindus have always conside ed it thei good fo tune to visit

Ku ukshet a. The o thodox belief is that cha ity pe fo med he e bea s

manifold ewa ds. Because of its g eat mythological t aditions, the

egion abounds in tirtha o holy spots associated with g eat events o

pe sonalities of the past, legends o cults of Siva and Sun Gods.

Unfo tunately, afte Ha sha, the egion did not enjoy the peace fo a

long time. It became a battlefield of all fo eign invade s and subjected

to thei continuous avages which wasted its splendid cultu e. The

sweep of i on hand of time played havoc with this holiest of holy

egions. While many of the tirtha have totally disappea ed with the

passage of time, quite a numbe of these continued to su vive in a

dilapidated condition. Still so sac ed is the egion that the people

continued to wo ship it as a holy land. It p esents scenes of intense

eligious fe ve when lakhs of people f om all pa ts of India

ep esenting all shades of Hinduism gathe at the Ku ukshet a tanks

on the occasion of the sola eclipse and othe fai s. A bath in the

B ahmsa o the Ku ukshet a tank at the time of the sola eclipse is

said to bestow upon the bathe the benefit of a thousand A hvamedh

Yajna .1

Ku ukshet a emained neglected fo development pu poses till

1968 except making adequate a angements at the time of the sola

eclipse fai . The Ha yana Gove nment then decided to evive the

ancient glo y of Ku ukshet a and constituted the Ku ukshet a

Development Boa d to unde take an integ ated and planned

development of the egion.

The fo emost among the Ku ukshet a tirtha a e B ahmasa o

Ku ukshet a tank, Sannihit tank, Sthanesva a tank, Jyotisa ,

Banganga, Chand a-Kupa and Nabhi Kamal. Othe impo tant tirtha

a e located in Thanesa (Sthanuvata), Pehowa (P ithudaka), Kaithal

(Kapisthala), Pha al (Phalgu), Pund i (Pund ika), Pinda a (Pind-

Ta ak). Ram Rai (Ram H ada), Kalayat and Safidon (Sa padevi) and

many impo tant villages. The last mentioned fou places a e in Jind

1 Ka nal Dist ict Gazettee , 1973, p.508.


and Kaithal dist icts. Howeve , the Ku ukshet a tirtha a e desc ibed

below:-

Kurukshetra Tank.- Ku ukshet a o B ahmsa tank is the cent e of

inte est fo the pilg ims. It is 1,442 ya ds (1,318.6 met es) in length

and 700 ya ds (640 met es) in b eadth. This place is said to be the fi st

alta of B ahma’s yajna. The Tank is believed to have been excavated

fi st by King Ku u long befo e the epic battle of Mahabha ata. Fo the

easons al eady given, the tank is conside ed ve y sac ed. In ancient

times, the e we e long flights of steps on all the fou sides of the tank.

But in the cou se of time, the steps on the southe n side and pa t of

easte n side completely disappea ed. Ghat on the No the n and

Weste n sides emained in good condition. The long line of t ees on

the No the n bank, a small island and anothe big island in the middle

of the tank enhance its beauty and make it att active to the visito s.

The tank has been enovated in the fi st phase by spending Rs. 1.50

c o e unde the aegis of the Ku ukshet a Development Boa d. It has

been cleaned and a bathing ghat to accommodate ten lakh people has

been const ucted. On May 17, 1973, the Sutlej wate s f om the

Gobind Saga flowing in the Na wana B anch of the Bhak a Canal

System we e eleased into the holy tank in the p esence of a la ge

numbe of holy men f om all ove India. Inaugu al ce emony was

pe fo med on Jan, 28, 1973. The e a e temples and places of

histo ical inte est in these islands. The small island is linked with the

Sh avan Nath Math (an old a hram of Sanya i ) by a b idge and

bigge island is linked by anothe b idge which uns f om the middle

of the No the n tank st aight to the Southe n tank dividing the tank

into two pa ts. The e a e mango t ees on these islands. Ruins of some

st uctu es standing on the bigge island a e said to be a small castle of

Empe o Au angzeb, who posted a med soldie s to collect taxes f om

the pilg ims taking bath in the tank o taking sac ed wate f om the

tank. The ates of taxes a e said to have been a upee fo a pot of

wate and five upees fo a bath.1

Pilg ims found to evade payment of

taxes we e punished.

1 Ka nal Dist ict Gazettee , 1973, p. 509.


In 1948, pa t of the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi was imme sed

in this tank.

The e a e Math , temples and dha amshalas on the No the n

bank of the tank. Of these, the dha msalas of Baba Kali-Kamli Wala

on the No theast co ne and Gita Temple of the Bi las on the

No thwest co ne dese ve special mention. In the cent e of the

No the n bank, the e a e Vyas Gaudiya Math of Bengalee Sadhus and

Gita Bhavan. The e is also a sac ed place fo the Sikhs on the

no thwest end of the tank. It is associated with the visit of Gu u

Gobind Singh on the occasion of a sola eclipse.

Sannihit Tank.-This tank is smalle as compa ed to Ku ukshet a tank

and has a length of about 500 ya ds (457 met es) and a b eadth of 150

ya ds (137 met es). It looks like a small lake of gliste ing wate in

which the domes and spi es of nea by temples a e eflected. The most

famous a e the temples dedicated to S i Sh uv Na ain and S i Laxmi

Na ain. The e a e ghat on its th ee sides only. It is situated at a sho t

distance f om Ku ukshet a Railway Station on Pehowa oad. Pilg ims

a e led fi st to this holy spot at the time of the sola eclipse. Sannihit

means assembly to the enti e ange of tirtha . It is said that on eve y

amava , pa ticula ly on a Somvati Amva , (an amava falling on

Monday) all tirtha assemble at Sannihit tank. The pe fo mance of

hraddha he e on the day of sola eclipse is said to give the benefit of

thousand A hvamedh sac ifices.

Sthanesvara Tank.- Meaning the place of God, it is a sac ed tank in

f ont of a temple of Lo d Shiva. It is at a sho t distance f om Thanesa

town, which itself de ives its name f om the tank. The tank was once

famous fo healing p ope ties of its wate . It is said that a few d ops

of wate of this tank cu ed lep osy of an ancient king named Vena.

The Pandavas a e also said to have wo shipped he e.

Jyotisar.- It is anothe ve y impo tant place of pilg image. This tank

is about 500 feet (152 x 30.4 met es). Five kilomete s west of

Thanesa , it is situated on the Ku ukshet a Pehowa oad. The old bed

of the sac ed ive Sa aswati lies nea Jyotisa village in the shape of

na ow canal. At Jyotisa , no elic is seen except a banyan t ee which

is said to have been the e fo mo e than 5,000 yea s. Lo d K ishna is

believed to have delive ed his message of the Bhagvadgita to A juna


at this place.1

Pilg ims gene ally visit this place fi st befo e sta ting

pilg image to Bad inath and Keda nath. Adi Shank acha ya also visted

this place on way to Bad inath and Keda nath.

Ban Ganga.- This holy tank, about 3 miles (5 kilomet es) f om

Ku ukshet a tank towa ds south, is connected by oad. It is said that

Bhisma Pitamaha lay he e on the bed of a ows and felt thi sty. He

asked A juna to quench his thi st. A juna pie ced the ea th with his

powe ful a ow and the wate of the Ganga gushed fo th in the fo m of

a fountain which subsequently tu ned into a tank.

Chandra Kupa.- A small tirtha in the bigge island inside the

Ku ukshet a tank, it is said to be one of the oldest sac ed wells.

T adition has it that in ancient times the wate of this well used to

change into milk at the time of sola eclipse. The e is a temple by the

side of the well, whe e Yudhishti a is said to have built a victo y pilla

afte successful culmination of the wa . The pilla does not exist now.

The fo t ess built by Empe o Au angzeb was on this well which he

got filled up with lead. The Ma athas got it dismantled and esto ed

the tirtha.

Nabhi Kamal.- It is a sac ed tank adjacent to Thanesa town. It was

he e that Lo d B ahma is said to have been bo n out of lotus which

g ew on the nabhi (navel) of Lo d Vishnu. Acco ding to the

mythology, this tank is the sou ce of unive se; the legend goes that

Lo d Vishnu fo mless was in a t ance at the site when a lotus sta k

sp outed f om his nevel. F om the lotus came the fou faced B ahma

chanting the Veda . It was out of the limbs of B ahma that the

unive se came into existence. People gene ally visit this place in the

month of Sravan o Chaitra.

1 No efe ence of this spot is found in any of the holy books. Even the

Mahabharata does not efe to any spot whe e Bhagvadgita, song celestial was

delive ed. The only efe ence found in the Mahabharata is that A juna equested

Lo d K ishna to stop the cha iot at a place f om whe e he could see both the

a mies and it was the e that Lo d K ishna delive ed the gospel of Bhagvadgita. It

is believed that the banyan t ee at Jyotisa stands the e as the only elic of that

celestial scene. A ma ble mandap was const ucted unde the t ee by the

Ku ukshet a Resto ation Society and was inaugu ated in Novembe , 1926. A

Ma ble cha iot with idols of K ishna and A juna also now stands unde the t ee.


Gita Bhavan.- Built in 1921-22 by the Ku ukshet a Resto ation

Society at a cost of seve al lakh of upees, the Bhavan has a lib a y

which, besides othe eligious books, contains t anslations of the

Bhagvadgita in many Indian and fo eign languages.

Gita Mandir.- Popula ly known as Bi la Mandi , it was built by Jugal

Kisho e Bi la in the mid-fifties of the 20th

centu y. It is situated at

Pehowa oad and adjoining the holy B ahmasa Tank, it is a beautiful

temple- all made of ma ble f om within. It is one of the p emie

temples of this egion and also a specimen of Hindu a chitectu e in

mode n times. The main deity of the temple is Lo d K ishna, whose

life size ma ble statue is ve y imp essive. Full text of the Bhagvadgita,

the song celestial, is eng aved on the walls a ound the main temple.

Ca vings of va ious scenes f om Hindu mythology a e configu ed on

the walls, pilla s and entablatu es which a e the highlights of the

g andeu of the temple. In the main hall, the po t aits of Sage Ved

Vyas, Mahatma Budha, Gu u Nanak Dev, Saint Tulsi Das, Gu u

Gobind Singh and Saint Ravi Dass a e incised on the walls alongwith

thei sayings. Anothe att action is a la ge size all ma ble cha iot

d iven by fou ho ses and depicting Lo d K ishna delive ing the

message of the Gita to A juna. One couplet f om each of the eighteen

chapte s of the Gita has been insc ibed on all the fou sides of the

Cha iot. Janamashtmi festival is celeb ated he e with g eat

enthusiasm. A Dha amshala with mode n amenities p ovides

accommodation to the visiting devotees.

Apa t f om the association with holy places dating back to

most ancient times, the name Ku ukshet a has also been applied to an

institution of mode n lea ning, namely, the Ku ukshet a Unive sity.

This Unive sity, at a distance of about 4 kilomet es f om Ku ukshet a

ailway station and about 2 kilomet es f om Thanesa Town, was set

up in 1956 as a Sansk it Unive sity and has since then become an

impo tant cent e of academic and cultu al activities. The Unive sity

campus is beautifully laid out and has developed into a miniatu e town

having all the mode n amenities. Besides the thi ty-two teaching

depa tments, a Gove nment College, a College of Education and a

National Institute of Technology a e located the e. Othe places of

public utility include a Police Post, a Post and Teleg aph Office, a

Telephone Exchange, Hospital, Vidya Viha Gu ukul and Gita

Bhawan Lib a y.

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Bhadra Kali Temple.- F om the legend of Sati, sp ings the existence

of Maa Bhad a Kali temple. The legends say Sati’s ight ankle fell

he e, g anting the sanctity of a Sidha Peeth (Place whe e wishes a e

fulfilled). It lies at a sho t 4 Km. d ive f om the ailway station.

The temple has been enovated with ed stone. At a well in the

p ecincts, devotees offe te acotta ho ses as offe ings. The inne

sanctum of the temple houses a e inspi ing and the sublime fo ms of

the Mothe Goddess Kali.

Sthanesvar Mahadev Temple.- It can doubtlessly be said that the

p esiding deity of Ku ukshet a is Lo d Shiva. It is afte the Sthanesva

Shiva Linga that Thanesa (twin town of Ku ukshet a) gets its name.

Vaman Puran catego ically mentions its impo tance and legends tell

us that Lo d B ahma Himself laid the fi st Linga of Lo d Shiva at this

temple.

It was enovated in ecent times. The temple has a white amla

(f uit shapes) dome. A la ge wate body is lying adjacent to the

temple. A Gu udwa a also stands on its opposite bank.

Lakshmi Narayna Temple.- The Lakshmi Na ayana Temple lies

close to the S i K ishna Museum, some 3 Km. f om the ailway

station. It has a small ent ance and is dedicated to Lo d Na ayana and

His conso t Lakshmi. The a chitectu e of the temple belongs to the

late 18th

centu y A.D. St uctu ally, the temple has a huge double

sto ied building having th ee t aditional a chitectu al components.

The fi st section lies on a high plinth having seven p ojections

whe eas the second chambe is a long co ido hall having seven

p ojected a eas on eithe side, bea ing t ansacted windows. The

sanctum sancto um houses the fo ms of the deity. The temple’s tall

pinnacle p oclaims its p esence f om a distance.

Gurudwaras.- Ku ukshet a also holds g eat sanctity fo the Sikhs.

The town had been visited by a numbe of Sikh Gu us. As a esult, a

numbe of Gu udwa as can be seen he e. The place whe e Gu u

Nanak Dev stayed du ing his sojou n in Ku ukshet a is known as

Gu udwa a Sidhbati. It lies nea the Ku ukshet a Tank. The

Gu udwa a dedicated to Gu u Ha gobind, the sixth Gu u, stands nea

Sannihit tank. A Gu udwa a nea the Sthanesva temple ma ks the

spot sanctified by the visit of Gu u Tegh Bahadu . On the bank of


B ahma Sa ova , stands Gu udwa a Rajghat, built in the memo y of

the visit of Gu u Gobind Singh, who also visited Jyotisa .

Sri Krishna Museum.- Ku ukshet a Development Boa d opened S i

K ishna Museum in 1991 afte collecting va ious a t objects which

celeb ated the theme of Lo d K ishna. The museum lies close to the

Brahama Sarovar. In 1995, a new block was added to it. These

a tifacts p esent befo e the viewe s, K ishna as a God, a einca nation

of Lo d Vishnu, a g eat Philosophe , an epic he o, an astute statesman

and a sup eme love . Idols and f escoes found du ing va ious

excavations in the a ea have also been displayed in this museum.

Panorama Project.- The Pano ama P oject is cylind ical st uctu e.

Set up with beautifully laid out ga dens, it is managed by the National

Council of Science Museums. The Pano ama P oject’s main

att action is the 34 feet high depiction of the Mahabha ata battlefield.

With the help of special acoustic effects, the epic battle seems to

have come alive. This is the only p oject of its kind in the State. An

additional att action he e is the science section which highlights the

4,500 yea s old scientific tempe of ancient India. The p oject lies

adjacent to S i K ishna Museum.

Ku ukshet a Pano ama and Science Cent e, situated in the

ancient city of Ku ukshet a, is a unique Science Cent e in India.

Housed in a tall and cylind ical building with its elegant a chitectu e

and ambience, the main att action of the Cent e is a life-like Pano ama

of the epic battle of Mahabharta. Standing at the cent e of the

cylind ical hall, one can feel the towe ing 34 feet high paintings of the

episodes f om the 18 days conf ontation between the Pandavas and the

Kau avas coming alive befo e his eyes. Me ged with this is the d ama

of the battlefield that epitomizes the ca nage ealistically. The

chanting of Geeta and distant wa c ies mingled with lighting

issusions c eate the pe fect ambience.

To suppo t and supplement this, the e a e exhibits on the

geological evolution of ou land, the geog aphy of the ancient India

and the main cha acte s of the epic. The compute -based exhibits

placed in the galle y take you into the int icacies of Weapons (A tra )

and Wa fo mations (Vyuha ) o the inte p etation of the events like a

total sola by the ancient people.

481 PLACES OF INTEREST

Indian Heritage in Science and Technology.- It has a long histo y of

mo e than 4,500 yea . G ound floo of the Cent e holds an exhibition

of documents Indian t adition in science and technology du ing this

long pe iod. The exhibition contains inte active exhibits, g aphic and

visual panels, a tifacts, video shows etc. on this theme.

The exhibition depicts how, in cou se of time, side by side

with a t and lite atu e, the e g ew up on Indian soil a ve y ich

scientific and technological cultu e. This he itage has been the sound

basis fo futu e development and assimilation of new techniques and

p ocesses.

Hands-on easy to use exhibits in the Fun Science section invite

one to play with them and explo e the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of common

scientific phenomena. Roll a ball, p ess a switch, otate a c ank and

things happen scientifically, which seems mi acle. He e you can have

fun with mi o s, play with musical inst uments o enjoy the optical

illusions. He e olling balls pe fo m ac obatics; vo tex is fo med in

wate and complex ules of p obability tu ns to be exciting game of

fun. These appa ently seem to be going against the natu e, yet they

teach us to get awa e of the law within laws in this multifaceted

wo ld. The exhibits a e fully inte active and one can lea n the basics

of science th ough a p ocess of discove y.

Amin

Amin is Two kilomete s f om Ku ukshet a in the west of

G and T unk Road (N.H.I.) with which it is linked by a metalled oad.

It lies at 20º 54’16” no th latitude and 76º 52’ 09” east longitude. It is

situated on a huge and lofty mound measu ing about 2,000 feet

(610 met es) in length f om no th to south, 800 feet (244 met es) in

width and with a height of 50 to 60 feet (15 to 18 met es).

Amin is said to be the t aditional site of Chakravyuha, a

st ategic a angement of the a my of Kau vas, planned by Gu u

D onacha ya to t ap the fo ces of the Pandavas led by A juna’s

wa io son, Abhimanyu, du ing the famous battle of Mahabharata.

Amin is also known as ‘Abhimanyu Khe a’ o the mound of

Abhimanyu. Abhimanyu was killed by Jayd atha inside the

Chakravyuha. It was at Amin that two insc ibed ed-stone ectangula

pilla s we e discove ed and these a e lying in the sh ine of Thaku ji on


the west bank of the Su aj Kund. These pilla s a e ca ved on all the

west bank of the Su aj Kund. These pilla s a e ca ved on the fou

sides and have no sokets fo c oss ba s. They would thus appea to

have suppo ted some so t of a platfo m. The insc iptions on them a e

in cha acte s of the Kushan pe iod, but a e quite sho t and me ely

supply the name of thei dono s.1 But this dating by Spoone does not

tally with the a t of the time. The depiction of the t ading and a tistic

activities of the people ca ved on these pilla s appea s to have been

the wo k of some Sunga a tists.2

Ladwa

It is a small town, 20 kilomet es east of Ku ukshet a. It lies at

20º 59’33” no th latitude and 70º 02’42” east longitude.

The town and the neighbo hood belonged to a Sikh Mi aldar

and we e confiscated by the B itish in 1846 as the Raja had fought on

the side of the Sikhs in the Fi st Sikh Wa . The e is an old tank and

Devi Temple on the outski ts of the town. A fai is held annually

which lasts fo a week. With the G een Revolution, the place has

become comme cially ve y impo tant and a new g ain ma ket has

been established he e.

The places of public utility include a Gove nment High

School, a P.W.D. Rest House, a Civil Dispensa y, A Post and

Teleg aph Office, A telephone Exchange, a Municipal Lib a y, a

Police Station and a Vete ina y Hospital.

P HOWA

Pehowa, a small town, 27 kilomet es west of Thanesa , lies at

29º 58’45” no th latitude and 76º 34’55” east longitude.

The place de ives its name f om P ithu who was called the fi st

king. On the death of Vena, his son P ithu pe fo med the usual fune al

ce emonies and fo 12 days afte the c emation, he sat on the bank of

Sa aswati offe ing wate to all visito s. The place, the efo e, came to

1 Spoone D.B., Annual Repo t of the A chaeological Su vey of India, 1921-22,

p.47. He also held that these “two sculptu ed posts in ed stone of the Kushan

pe iod, must have been impo ted f om Mathu a”. Annual Repo t of the

A chaeological Su vey of India, 1922-23. p.90. 2

Agga wala, R.C., Ea ly Histo y and A chaeology of Ku ukshet a and Ambala

division, (Indian Histo ical Qua te ly, Decembe , 1955).


be known as P ithu’s pool and city which he afte wa ds built on the

spot was called by the same name.

It is an ancient place of pilg image. As mentioned ea lie , it is

believed that P ajapati c eated the wo ld and the fou Va nas of the

Hindus at this place. The town contains two specially famous tanks,

sac ed one to B ahma and the othe to the Goddess Sa aswati. A big

fai is held on the latte tank eve y yea in Ma ch o Ap il (Amavas of

Chait a) afte the t adition of P ithu and is attended by mo e than

50,000 pe sons. The fai lasts fo 3 days and people offe pind (balls

of ice and flou ) fo the salvation of thei depa ted kith and kins.

The place is of g eat antiquity. This is p oved by the discove y

of la ge size b icks which a e 18 inches by 2½ inches to 3 inches.

Two insc iptions of the time of Bhoja and his son, Mahend apal, kings

of Kanauj, and f agments of medieval sculptu es and Painted G ay

Wa e have been found he e. The insc iption of the time of

Mahend apala eco ds the e ection of a t iple temple to Vishnu by

th ee b othe s. The e a e two mounds, the la ge of which is cove ed

with mode n houses and the othe about 30 to 40 feet in height, is

known as Tilla of Vishvamit a. The mound seems to ma k the site of

some old temple, pa tly const ucted in stone. No t ace of the o iginal

temple emains, the mode n sh ine seems to have been discove ed

he e, but it cannot be p ecisely said that these belong to Vishnu

temple, efe ed to in the insc iption. Anyhow, it is doubtless that

they pe tain to some p ominent Vishnu temple of the P atiha a pe iod

aised in that city.1

About one kilomete highe up on the bank of the

st eam stood anothe temple, which fo ms the existing position of its

doo way, appea s to have been dedicated to Vishnu.

An old erai built along the old Impe ial oad exists in a

dilapidated condition. A palace built by Raja Udai Singh of Kaithal is

in good condition and is being used as the Civil Rest House.

Pehowa is famous fo Shivji-Ka-Mandi and Ka tikeya-Ka-

Mandi . Unlike the othe temples dedicated to Shiva, the Shiva temple

has no linga, instead it has a panchmukhi idol of Shiva which is said to

be the only one of its type in whole of India. The temple of Ka tikeya

was built by Ma athas du ing thei pe iod of sup emacy.

1 Buddha P akash, Glimpses of Ha yana 1967, p.21.


Shahabad

The town is situated on the G and T unk Road (N.H.I.) on the

bank of Ma kanda ive . It has also a ailway station with the name of

Shahabad Ma kanda on the Delhi-Ka nal-Ambala Railway line. It lies

at 30 º10’04” no th latitude and 76º 52’17” east longitude, 22

kilomet es no th of Ku ukshet a.

It was founded in A.D. 1192 afte the defeat of the Rajputs in

the Battle of Ti awa i (Ta ao i) by the followe s of Shahb-ud-din

Ghu i, the fi st Muslim conque o of Delhi. It came into existence

with the ewa d of 52,000 bighas of evenue f ee land to the Muslim

soldie s fo thei se vices. They we e also g anted the evenue of

seve al neighbou ing villages. The site selected was nea Ma kanda at

a st ategic point along the high oad to Delhi and fo pu poses of

administ ation was attached to the p ovince of Si hind.

In 1525, the inhabitants of the town assisted Ib ahim Lodi and

in the following yea , it was plunde ed by Baba as a punishment. It’s

st ategic position was ecognized in the late Mughal pe iod and

conside able extensions we e made in the town. When the Sikhs came

into powe du ing the 18th

centu y, Banda Bai agi (Banda Bahadu )

attacked the town which was su ende ed to him afte vain appeals to

the ule s of Delhi. The Sikhs divided Shahabad in seven Patti

leading Si da s of each Patti dist ibuting a ough justice.

In 1802, the B itish suze ainty was established ove the town,

though the Si da s of Shahabad etained administ ative powe s. With

the annexation of the Punjab, the B itish assumed the eigns of the

Gove nment and only Jagi s we e g anted to the Si da s.

The histo ical buildings in the town include the Royal Se ai

and mosque of the Pathan pe iod with the da k squa e domes. The

finest Pathan mosque which shows the ma ks of Sikh bullets was

conve ted into a Gu dwa a known as Mastga h.1

The se ai is one of

the oldest buildings in the town. It was, howeve , p otected in the

eign of Shah Jahan by a fo tified wall like that of Red Fo t in Delhi.

1 Mastga h is said to be a de ivation f om masit and masjid. Acco ding to anothe

ve sion, it was taken ove by the Sikhs who used it as a place fo taking bhang and

wine. As such it came to be known as mastga h, the place whe e people got

intoxicated.


It was the esidence of Mughal Officials. It is p obable that the se ai

was maintained as a st ategic landma k lying along the main oad to

Delhi.

A Mandi known as Kahan Chand Mandi was const ucted in

1923 on the outski ts of the town nea the ailway station. This Mandi

could not flou ish and is now se ving as a esidential colony. The

p esent Mandi, at a new site along the G and T unk Road (N.H.I.),

was const ucted in Octobe , 1960.

The places of public utility in the town include a Police Post,

Civil Hospital, Post and Teleg aph Office, Telephone Exchange,

Vete ina y Hospital P.W.D. Rest House, A ya Kanya Mahavidyalya,

Gove nment Senio Seconda y School fo boys, a P ivately managed

Senio Seconda y School fo boys and 3 p ivately managed High

Schools- one fo boys and two fo gi ls, Municipal Lib a y and

Gau hala.

An account of eligious places has al eady been given unde

Ku ukshet a. The places of histo ical inte est connected with the

medieval pe iod comp ise an ancient fo t and mounds, Sheikh

Chehlis’ Tomb and Mad asah, Patha Masjid and Chini Masjid. These

a e desc ibed below:

Ancient Fort and Mounds.- The e exists a uined fo t measu ing

1,200 squa e feet at the top, a subu b called Baha i and the town, all

situated on th ee diffe ent ancient mounds. Thus th ee mounds

togethe occupy a space of about 3 miles (5 kilomet es), which closely

ag ees with the 20 (li) of Yuan Chwang.2

T adition assigns the

const uction of the Thanesa fo t to Raja Dalip, a descendant of Ku u.

Spoone states that it was most p obably founded by Ha sha

Va dhana. The Chief eason fo this infe ence apa t f om othe

conside ations, is the fact that all visible st uctu es in the fo t a e

composed of b icks measu ing 14”x8½”x2½ ”. The fo t is said to have

52 towe s o bastions some of which still exist. The numbe of the

gates is not asce tainable on account of the late enovations of the fo t

du ing the Muslim and the Sikh pe iods. Besides, the e is anothe

impo tant mound situated about ¼th of a mile (2/5th

of a kilomete ) to

the no thwest of Thanesa which was said to have contained the elics

2 Annual Repo t of the A chaeological Su vey of India, 1922-23. pp.87-91..


of the Budha and was standing at a height of about 300 feet

(91 met es) when Yuan Chwang visited it. The mode n town of

Thanesa still stands on an ancient mound.

Sheikh Chehli’s Tomb and Madarsah.- This tomb along with

madar ah stands at the no theast co ne of the fo t ove looking the

erai built by She Shah Su i. It is an octagonal building of white

ma ble, 18 feet (5.5 met es) on each side and about 44 feet (13.5

met es) in diamete c owned by a ma ble dome and su ounded by a

ma ble-paved cou tya d. Because of its lofty position and white mass

of ma ble, the tomb is conspicuous f om a long distance. The pea -

shaped dome and flowe ma ble lattice wo k decla e it to be of a

mode n date. The people att ibute this sh ine to a Pir (Spi itual

advise ) of Da a Shikoh. The e is a diffe ence of opinion about the

name of the Pir, some called him Abdu Rahim, some Abdul-Ka im

and othe s Abdul Razak, but he is mo e familia ly known by the name

of Sheikh Chehli. Cunningham also assigned it to the time of Da a

Shikoh, about A.D. 1650.

The madar ah is a stone building with a deep a ched of nine

openings on each side. The building was const ucted enti ely with the

spoils of Hindu temples, the a cades being suppo ted on plain Hindu

Pilla s. Nothing is known of the date of the madar ah, but f om its

evident connection with the tomb, it must have been built at the same

time as a pa t of the eligious establishment of the saint’s sh ine.

Pather Masjid and Chini Masjid.- Pathe Masjid is a small

building being only 37 feet (11 met es) long by 11½ feet (3½ met es)

b oad inside, but is ema kable fo its minar which a e attached to the

end of the back wall instead of the f ont wall, as is usual. Like Qutab

Mina , these minar a e fluted below with alte natively ound angula

flutes. The Masjid (Mosque) is assigned to the time of Fi uz Shah

Tughlug o to the end of the 14th

centu y. 1

The Chini Masjid is situated in the town. It has two sho t stout

minar , which togethe with its walls must once have been cove ed

with glazed tiles. Most of the tiles have gone, but as the emaining

tiles a e of small size and each piece of one unifo m colou

1 Alexande Cunningham, Annual Repo t of the A chaeological su vey of India,

Volume-II, 1871, p. 222.


Cunningham assigned the building with much p obability to the eign

of Au angzeb.1

Places of Archaeological Interest

A few mo e sites of a chaeological inte est which have not

been mentioned in the fo egoing pages but have yielded va ious

objects of antiqua ian inte est and a distinctive class of potte y known

as the Painted G ay Wa e gene ally associated with the A yans

(C-1100-500 B.C.) a e desc ibed below:-

Raja Karan Ka Qila.- It is a small mound about 3 miles

(5 kilomet es) to the west and southwest of Thanesa . It is about 500

squa e feet (46.5 squa e met es) at the top, 800 squa e feet (74 squa e

met es) at the base with the height of 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 met es).

She ds of Painted G ay Wa e and some othe objects such as a flesh

ubbe , a te acotta eel, a mould fo p inting cloth, a human head, a

double inkpot, a hollow te acotta attle, a flattened b onze object

appea ing to be a late de ivative of a celt with c escent ic ci cle, an

ea the n chati (pot) having a line of tri ula and wheel ca ved on it, one

ea then pitche o namented ound the shoulde and some pieces of

glazed potte y of the Muslim pe iod have been found he e. The e is

also a la ge step well of the Muslim pe iod.

Excavations show the size of b icks as 14 to 14½˝ x9˝ to 9½˝

x 2½˝ to 3˝. Spoone mentions about the discove y of two wedge-

shaped b icks about 2 o 3 feet above the vi gin soil in one of the

t enches excavated he e. He also info ms that such b icks had been

used in the most ancient times.

Raja Harsha Ka Tila.- Situated in Thanesa Town adjacent to the

Sheikh Chilli’s tomb, the Raja Ha sh Ka Tila dated back to Ci ca 1st

centu y AD. Found in a ci cumfe ence of 1 Km. X 750m., its

excavation indicates the existence of a settlement befo e sta ting a

continuous habitation at the site since Ch istian e a. The study of

excavated mate ial divides it into six cultu al pe iods f om Ci ca 1st

centu y AD to 19th

centu y AD i.e. Kushana pe iod, Gupta pe iod,

post Gupta and Va dhamana pe iod, Rajput pe iod, Sultanate pe iod

and Mughal pe iod (upto 1806 AD) etc.

1 Ambala Dist ict Gazettee , 1892-93, p. 96.


Jogna Khera.- This village lies nea the Shekh Chilli’s tomb towa ds

no th-weste n bank of the ive Sa aswati and elates to the pe iod c.

1500-800 BC. Recently the village s have ende ed the mound

extensively stabbed, and poked in all ove fo its soil both fo building

and ag icultu e use. The potte y found on its excavation is essentially

the ed wa e. It is as a ule made of well-levigatged clay, backed ed,

t eated in most cases with fine ed slip, deco ated quite ichly with

geomet ic, vegetal and animal motifs executed in black and pu ple

pigments. As is obvious, the impo tance of the site should lie in

p ope ly unde standing the natu e and use of the kilns which su ely

fo med pa t of la ge-scale indust ial p oduction du ing the Ba a

pe iod.

Nabha House.- Situted opposite to the Sannihit Sa ova at

Ku ukshet a, this palatial building was const ucted by the oyal family

of Nabha p incipality du ing 19th

centu y and was being used by its

membe fo stay du ing eligious pe fo mances at Ku ukshet a. The

building stands on a aised platfo m, the ent ance gate of which is on

the easte n side, eithe sides a e deco ated with fou a ched niches.

The e a e two beautiful pilla windows on the 2nd

floo of the building.

A temple dedicated to God B ahma is const ucted on the top of this

magnificent building. It ep esents the Hindu style of a chitectu e in

ea ly B itish e a.

Asthipura.- It lies to the west of Thanesa and to the south of the

Aujas ghat and ma ks the place whe e the bodies of the pe sons slain

in the Mahabha ta Wa we e c emated. Yuan Chwang visit to this

place in the 7th

centu y A.D. also bea s testimony to this fact.

Cunningham excavated the mound which measu es about 700 feet by

500 feet (213 met es by 152 met es) and found “an extensive platfo m

of unbaked b icks still 364 feet (111 met es) in length”, besides many

emains of walls and f agments of te acotta sculptu es.

Bhor (Sarsa).-About 8 miles (13 kilomet es) to the west of Thanesa

towa ds Pehowa lies the Bhu is ava Tank. T adition asc ibes the

place to be connected with the t eache ous mu de of Bhu is ava by

A juna du ing the Mahabha ta wa . Bhu is ava was son of Somadatta,

Raja of Va anasi. The village is named Bho afte him. This small

village is situated on an ancient mound. The houses a e built of old

la ge size b icks of 12¾ x 2½˝ x2˝.


Besides, Painted G ey Wa e have also been found f om

Bahola, Daulatpu , Jau asi Khu d, Khe a, Mo thali, Teo a and U nai

and Red Polished Wa e f om Kohand.1

Mirzapur.- This small mound located about 200 met es f om the east

of Raja Ka an Ka Qilla contains the emains of late-Ha appan

settlement is known by a st uctu al complex of mud b ick walls

consisting of two ooms and the stu dy Red Wa e painted in light

black colou with geomet ical and linea plant, fish and bi d designs.

The finds of this pe iod a e a complete spea head without mid- ib, a

f agmenta y pa asu in coppe : figu ines of humped bull and the

painted figu ines of snakes etc. The mound also shows evidence of

ea ly settlements of the Ch istian e a- two moulds of punch-ma ked

coins, the Kushana te acottas, and glazed animal figu ines. Anothe

featu e of this pe iod, the typical Red Polished Wa e, is in abundance

he e. This site emained uninhabited fo a long time. The e a e also

the emains of ea ly medieval habitation at the top of the mound.

Daulatpur.- This site is situated beside a st eam b anching off

Chitang (ancient D isadvati) at about 15 kms. to the east of Thanesa .

Its ea ly pe iod is ma ked by typical stu dy ed colou ed potte y,

painted in black with geomet ical and linea designs the special

featu es of the Late phase of the Indus Civilization (c. 2000-1500

B.C.). The next pe iod is distinguished by the Painted G ey Wa e

gene ally associated with the A yans (c. 1100-500B.C.). The e is then

the ea ly histo ical pe iod cove ing c. 500 B.C. to A.D. 500 ma ked by

the Plain G ey (belonging to the centu ies succeeding the Ch istian

e a) and Red Polished Wa e (Saka -Kushan pe iod). Among othe

impo tant finds a e the clay seals and sealings bea ing legends in the th th

ea ly B ahmi sc ipt (4 -5 centu y). One of the sealing has the legend

Sthanesva asya i.e. of Lo d Sthanesva a.

Bhagwanpura.- This site, situated on the bank of the ive Sa aswati

(in Ku ukshet a dist ict), was excavated in 1976. It denotes the

evidence of ove lap between the late-Ha appans and Painted G ey

Wa e cultu es as eflected in the continuity of potte y types in painted

designs and in the te acotta figu ines and bu ials. The majo ce amic

indust y of this pe iod is the stu dy Red Wa e Potte y (associated with

1 Painted G ey Wa e a e assigned to the beginning of the fi st millennium B.C.


late- Ha appans) simila to that found at Daulatpu and Raja Ka na Ka

Qila. The late-Ha appans, who fi st settled, on the alluvial deposit of

the Sa aswati, had used solid mud platfo ms as p otective measu es

against floods. Fu the , the excavation th ows light on th ee phases of

st uctu al activity of the Painted G ey Wa e people: fi stly, semi-

ci cula thatched huts and oval shaped st uctu es of highly bu nt mud

walls; secondly, the mud wall houses (a complete house complex of

thi teen ooms, a co ido and a cou tya d); and thi dly, houses built of

baked b icks. The excavation has also yielded two skeletons of an

adult and a child.

Fairs And Festivals

A numbe of famous festivals and local fai s a e held in

Ku ukshet a ound the yea , some p ominent ones a e:-

Shivratri.- It is the night consec ated to Lo d Shiva, one of the Gods

of Hindu T inity. The festival has the special significance of being

one of the fou Maharatri . Legend has it that one who stays awake

the enti e night deep in meditation of Lo d Shiva, is g anted Mok ha

o edemption f om the cycle of life and death. To be he e on this day

at the Sthanesva Mahadev temple is said to be a ve y special blessing.

The festival falls in Feb ua y o Ma ch eve y yea .

Kurukshetra Fair.- This fai is the event held wheneve the sola

eclipse occu s. This esults in the a ival of lakhs of pilg ims. Legend

has it that on eve y amava (moonless night) and du ing eve y eclipse,

wate s of all tirtha assemble in the Sannihit tank. By pe fo ming

Sh adha (p aye fo ancesto s) and taking a holy dip in the B ahma

Sa ova on these days, one acqui es the f uit of a hamedah yajna .

Somavati Amavasya.- It is anothe special festival held in the town.

Eve y time when the Amavasya falls on Monday, a festival is held at

the holy wate tanks of B ahma Sa ova and Sannihit Sa ova when

thousands of pilg ims th ong fo a bath in the wate s of the tanks.

Gita Jayanti Celebrations.- It falls in Novembe / Decembe eve y

yea . A fai of festivity pe vades the town of Ku ukshet a. The event

celeb ates the bi th of Shrimad Bhagwadgita. Discou ses on the

Bhagwadgita, pageants based on the epic Mahabharata, ballets that

celeb ate Lo d S i K ishna, camps fo social se vice and the

unfo gettable deep daan at the B ahma Sa ova a e an expe ience one

has to see.

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