Kurukshetra is revered all over India for its sanctity and
rich cultural heritage. Amidst the halo of myths and realities it has allured
attention since its earliest times as a famous place of pilgrimage and a centre
of Vedic civilization and learning. However, Kurukshetra is popularly known as
the battlefield of the epic Mahabharata... The founder of the land was king Kuru
who practiced austere penance to make this land righteous that is why in the
first verse of Gita, Kurukshetra prefixed with an epithet Dharmakshetra.
History remembers the event Mahabharata not for it mundane warfare but for its
philosophical treatise i.e. Bhagavadgita, which was expounded here in this
sacred land by Lord Krishna.
Kurukshetra is also known as the ‘tirtha par excellence’
according to the Mahabharata. The word tirtha means to float. It symbolises
liberation of soul from the cycle of birth and death hence it is obvious the
land ought to be associated with water and water bodies. This is evident from
the age-old tradition of taking holy dip in the sacred tanks of Kurukshetra.
Millions of pilgrims and tourist throng to the city during
the Solar Eclipse to have the privilege of having a dip in the sacred tanks i.e.
Brahma Sarovar and Sannehit Sarovar. A holy dip in these tanks during the
eclipse gives the merit of perfoming thousand Ashawamedha Yajnas. It is told
that in the Sanhit Sarovar during this time all the sacred places & pilgrimages
assemble there by and thus one directly gets the merits of all the sacred places
at one particular place. Having taken the dip in the sacred tank the people
visit to the temple and gives alms to the poor.
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