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Kurukshetra: Overview
The vast multitudes of Bharat must be aware of the Sanctity of Kurukshetra and the dominant role it has played in the religious and cultural life of this ancient land. Being the seat of creation and the cradle in which the first of the civilizations rocked and nourished, it was named Brahamvrata, in the named of Brahma. the creator. It was in this abode of the Gods and Rishis that the Aryan culture took birth. saw the first light of the world , blooked and matured for centurieds. Kuruksherta has been the heart of the worlds. bloomed and matured for centuries. Kurukshetra has been the heart of the great. cultures where in throbbed the aspirations of mankid, For thousands of years it functioned as the hub around which the Vedic civilization spun in its full glory. Like the morning star it illuminated the cultural and religious horizons of India. "Follow in the footstep of the citizen of Kurukshetra" said the great Munu. Such was the population in which Kurukshetra bathed in. Kurukshetra derives its sancitity from more than one source, Its religious importance has been described as the land of righteousness in the Rigveda. Sathpatha Brahaman. Jabali Upanishada, Puranas Bhagawat Gita, Mahabharata and other religious books, The Shrutis and smaritis consider it as a place of meditation for the Rishis and an abode of the Gods. The sanctity and hoary unqueness of Kurukshetra , variously known in different times. require some elucidation. From times immemorial it has been associated with the glories of the Awataras , Rishis and Munis. It was here than that the battle of Mahabharatha was fought. The Gita and the Shantiprabha the depositories of wisdom , were first propounded here by Lord Krishna and Bhishma Pitamaha. It was in this scholarly atmosphere of Kurukshetra that the great sage Vyas composed the Puranas, the Shirimad Bhagwat and the Mahabharatha, Here it was that the great grammerian panani laid the rules as embodies in Ashtadhyace, the Bana composed the lyrics of Kadambri. King Harshavardhan the last of the Hindu cherkravarthi rules, made kurukshetra at the seat of his kingdom. Infact. Kuruksetra is the living testimony to many as upheavals. revolutions and turning points of hisstory, Its atmosphere is still chantings by the Rishis . The divine song of the Gita as it came out from Lord Krishna's mouth, is still ringing in its rarefied atomsphere, Scattered clouds still make the picture of Bhisma Pitamaha uttering the last sermon on its murky skies. It winds still carry in itself in the clanking of clubs and zooms of bows and arrows by Dronacharya. Arjune and Karna. In its ponds and lakes. waters still mirror the images of Maharaj Kuru ploughing the fields. Abhimanyu wielding the sword and Bana Bhatt giving the recital of his immoratal poetry. On its fields was fought the battle of MAhabharatha over which was spilled the blood of eighteen akshonis of warrious . In its forests King Prabhakar Wardhan performed Mahayajnas. The tumultous was cries of Emperor Harshavardhan resound in its cries ruins which speak of his once great empore. In fact every inch of Kurukshetrza nook and corner presents a glimpse of a pageant of cavalcade of Indi's history and gave a different turn to the loves of the teeming millions inhabiting this land. The Huns. the Kushans. the Mughals and the British, all came and went in its panpramic arena leaving back deep impression of their existance. Culturally and from the held a unique attraction for the people of India. It attracted Jugat Guru Shankaracharya and all ten Sikh gurus. Hundreds of pillgrims visit this holy place everyday and 5 millions turn up at the time of the sola eclipse. All over the county crores of people begin the daily recital of the Gita with opening word "Dharmakshetre Kurukshetre" Such is the sanctity and imprtance of Kurukshetra. Its very name instill love, reverence and a sense of greatness in the minds of religious people. The land of Kurukshetra is speread over an area of 48 square miles. Photos
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