Kurukshetra district

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Kurukshetra district is an administrative region in northern India renowned as the legendary battlefield of the Mahabharata and a major Hindu pilgrimage center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
additionalOfficialLanguage Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
associatedWithEpic Mahabharata
associatedWithText Bhagavad Gita
borderedBy Ambala district
Kaithal
surface form: Kaithal district

Karnal district
Yamunanagar district
contains Bhadrakali Temple Pehowa
Brahma Sarovar
Jyotisar
Kurukshetra University
Kurukshetra battlefield
surface form: Kurukshetra city

Ladwa
National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra
Pehowa
Sannihit Sarovar
Saraswati River
surface form: Saraswati river (paleochannel region)

Shahbad Markanda
Sheikh Chilli’s Tomb
Thanesar
country India
economyActivity agriculture
education services
governingBody Kurukshetra district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kurukshetra district administration
hasFestival Gita Jayanti celebrations
surface form: Gita Jayanti Mahotsav

Solar eclipse fairs at Kurukshetra
hasHeadquarters Kurukshetra district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kurukshetra
hasTourismType heritage tourism
religious tourism
historicalSignificance legendary battlefield of the Mahabharata
knownFor Hindu pilgrimage
Mahabharata battlefield
legislativeConstituency Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency
locatedIn Haryana
locatedInRegion northern India
majorReligion Hinduism
namedAfter Kurukshetra battlefield
surface form: Kurukshetra
officialLanguage Hindi
partOf Kurukshetra division
pilgrimageCircuit 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra
railConnectivity Kurukshetra Junction railway station
religiousSignificance major Hindu pilgrimage center
state Haryana
subdivisionType district of Haryana
timezone Indian Standard Time
transport served by National Highway 44
utcOffset +05:30

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Haryana hasDistrict Kurukshetra district
Kurukshetra battlefield locatedIn Kurukshetra district
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra battlefield partOf Kurukshetra district
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra region
Karnal district borderedBy Kurukshetra district
Yamunanagar district bordersDistrict Kurukshetra district
Kurukshetra district hasHeadquarters Kurukshetra district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra district governingBody Kurukshetra district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra district administration
Jyotisar locatedIn Kurukshetra district
Jyotisar localAdministration Kurukshetra district
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra district administration
Gita Jayanti celebrations associatedPlace Kurukshetra district
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Sannihit Sarovar locatedIn Kurukshetra district
Ambala district locatedNear Kurukshetra district
Patiala district borderedBy Kurukshetra district
Karnal division hasJurisdictionOver Kurukshetra district
Kurukshetra division hasCulturalRegion Kurukshetra district
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra region
Shahbad Markanda historicalRegion Kurukshetra district
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra region
Ladwa locatedInRegion Kurukshetra district
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra region