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Kurukshetra

This article is about the municipality in India. For other uses, see Kurukshetra (disambiguation).
For neighbouring town, see Thanesar.

Kurukshetra
Dharmakshetra
City
Bronze chariot with Krishna and Arjuna in Kurukshetra (Haryana)
Bronze chariot with Krishna and Arjuna in Kurukshetra (Haryana)
Nickname: 
Land of the Bhagavad Gita
Kurukshetra is located in Haryana
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra is located in India
Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra
Coordinates: 29°57′57″N 76°50′13″E / 29.965717°N 76.837006°E / 29.965717; 76.837006
Country India
StateHaryana
DistrictKurukshetra
Named forKing Kuru
Area
 • Total48 km2 (19 sq mi)
Languages[1][2]
 • OfficialHindi
 • Additional officialEnglish, Punjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
136118
Telephone code01744
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR-07
Websitekurukshetra.gov.in

Kurukshetra (Hindi pronunciation: [kʊrʊkʃeːtɾə], ) is a city and administrative headquarters of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita".

  1. ^ "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 52nd report (July 2014 to June 2015)" (PDF). National Commission of Linguistic Minorities, India. Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. pp. 85–86. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ IANS (28 January 2010). "Haryana grants second language status to Punjabi". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

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