Kurukshetra district

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administrative district district

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Kurukshetra 2
Kurukshetra district administration 1
Kurukshetra region 1

Statements (49)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karnal district → borderedBy → Kurukshetra district ⓘ
Yamunanagar district → bordersDistrict → Kurukshetra district ⓘ
Kurukshetra district → governingBody → Kurukshetra district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra district administration
Haryana → hasDistrict → Kurukshetra district ⓘ
Kurukshetra district → hasHeadquarters → Kurukshetra district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra battlefield → locatedIn → Kurukshetra district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra battlefield → partOf → Kurukshetra district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kurukshetra region