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Kurukshetra - Where Sri Krishna delivered the Bhagavad Gita and Kurukshetra Shakti Peetha


• Greatness:

Kurukshetra (Shakti Peetha)
(Kurukshetra district, Haryana)

Brahma Sarovar
Sannihit Sarovar
(Punjab Plain)

(Mahabharata)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)


Sri Krishna visiting Kurukshetra during Solar Eclipse
Sri Krishna at
Kurukshetra
during Solar Eclipse

Sri Krishna
Sri Krishna
delivering
Bhagavad Gita
in Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra Bhadrakali Temple Kurukshetra Bhadrakali Temple
Kurukshetra
Bhadrakali

Krishna: Sri Krishna met the inhabitants of Vrindavana at Kurukshetra during a solar eclipse.
- Sri Krishna delivered the message of Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
- Jyotisar

Vishnu: Bhishma Pitamaha chanted the Vishnu Sahashranama lying on the bed of arrows in Kurukshetra.
- Bhishma Kund (Narkatari)

Shiva: Lord Shiva abides in Kurukshetra as the ancient Sthaneshwar Mahadev.
- Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple

Devi: Devi abides in Kurukshetra as Kurukshetra Shakti Peetha (identified with Devi Bhadrakali).
- Kurukshetra Bhadrakali Temple


कन्याश्रमे च पृष्ठं मे निमिषो भैरवस्तथा । सर्वाणी देवता तत्र कुरुक्षेत्रे च गुल्फतः ॥
स्थाणुर्नाम्ना च सावित्री देवता मणिवेदके । मणिबन्धे च गायत्री सर्वानन्दस्तु भैरवः ॥

- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verses 31 and 32 (Kurukshetra has the Kurukshetra Shakti Peetha where the Gulpha of Devi had fallen)


(Mahabharata)
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

Kurukshetra Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Kurukshetra Shakti Peetha where the Gulpha (Ankle) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Savitri and the Bhairava is called Sthanu.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 31)




• Temples and Places:

Presence of Sri Krishna in Kurukshetra:
Sri Krishna • The Mahabharata War was fought in Kurukshetra. Sri Krishna delivered the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna during the commencement of the Mahabharata War.

(Mahabharata)

Sri KrishnaKurukshetra
Kurukshetra in Haryana is identified with the place where the great War of Mahabharata was fought and where Sri Krishna delivered the eternal message of the Bhagavad Gita to mankind.


Presence of Devi in Kurukshetra:
Devi Bhadrakali Temple, Kurukshetra district, HaryanaKurukshetra Shakti Peetha: The Gulpha (Ankle) of Devi had fallen here. The Devi is known as Savitri and the Bhairava is called Sthanu.

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

Devi Bhadrakali Temple, Kurukshetra district, Haryana Devi Bhadrakali Temple, Kurukshetra district, HaryanaKurukshetra - Devi Bhadrakali Temple
(Kurukshetra district, Haryana)

Kurukshetra Devi Bhadrakali Temple is identified with the Kurukshetra Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra.



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