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Museums Attractions In Kurukshetra District

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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 km². The district has a population of 964,655 . This district is part of Ambala division. Kurukshetra is also the land of Srimad Bhagawad Gita. Jyotisar is the place in Kurukshetra where Krishna is believed to deliver the sermon of Gita to Arjuna in the Mahabharata.
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Museums Attractions In Kurukshetra District

  • 1. Sri Krishna Museum Kurukshetra
    Krishna is a major deity in Hinduism. Lord Krishna is Purna-Avatari and a combination of Vishnu, Narayana, and Krishna. He is worshiped as the eighth avatar of the god Vishnu and also as the supreme God in his own right. He is the god of compassion, tenderness, and love in Hinduism, and is one of the most popular and widely revered among Indian divinities. Krishna's birthday is celebrated every year by Hindus on Janmashtami according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar, which falls in late August or early September of the Gregorian calendar.The anecdotes and narratives of Krishna's life are generally titled as Krishna Leela. He is a central character in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana and the Bhagavad Gita, and is mentioned in many Hindu philosophical, theological, and mythological texts...
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  • 2. Kurukshetra Panorama & Science Centre Kurukshetra
    Kurukshetra is a city in the state of Haryana, India. It is also known as Dharmakshetra . It is also known as the Land of the Bhagavad Gita. Kurukshetra lies at distance of 160 km from New Delhi and about 80 km from Chandigarh - city with the nearest airport. According to the Puranas, Kurukshetra is a region named after King Kuru, the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas, as depicted in epic Mahabharata. The importance of the place is attributed to the fact that the Kurukshetra War of the Mahabharata was fought on this land and the Bhagavad Gita was preached here during the war when Lord Krishna found Arjuna in a terrible dilemma. The population of Kurukshetra was 964,655 in 2016. Before the establishment of a refugee camp named Kurukshetra in 1947, Thanesar was the name of the tehsil headqua...
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  • 3. Kalpana Chawla Memorial Planetarium Kurukshetra
    Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut and the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the craft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Chawla was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and several streets, universities and institutions have been named in her honor.
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  • 4. Dharohar Museum Kurukshetra
    The Dharohar Museum is located on the Kurukshetra University campus, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
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