Kurukshetra is the name of a city in Kurukshetra District of the Indian state of Haryana. The name literally means “Land of the Kaurava” after the Kuru clan. It is supposed to be the site of the Kurukshetra war, described in the Mahabharata.

Kurukshetra is of great importance in Hinduism as this is where the Bhagavad Gita was taught to Arjuna on the battle field, just before the great battle. Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh ‘Dinkar’ had written a poem by the name of Kurukshetra.

Thanesar or Sthaneswar, a historical town is located adjacent to what is now newly created Kurukshetra city. Local hearsay identifies the legendary “Kurukshetra” with a nearby obscure hamlet, and with the active abetment of the state government, it is presently experiencing a tourist boom.

A few kilometeres from Kurukshetra is the village, Amin where there are remnants of a fort and it is said to be Abhimanyu’s fort.

In some ancient Hindu texts, the boundaries of Kurukshetra correspond roughly to the state of Haryana. Thus according to the Taittiriya Aranyaka 5.1.1., the Kurukshetra region is south of Turghna (Srughna/Sugh in Sirhind, Punjab), north of Khandava (Delhi and Mewat region), east of Maru (=desert) and west of Parin.