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Thanesar is a human settlement located in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana, India. It lies within the administrative boundaries of both Kurukshetra and Karnal districts. The town has a population of 155,152 and is situated at an elevation of 232 meters above sea level. Its postal code is 136118, and it operates in the UTC+05:30 time zone.
The settlement is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. According to OpenStreetMap data, it is classified as a residential area within the city of Kurukshetra. Current weather observations record a temperature of 30.24 degrees, humidity at 20 percent, pressure at 1000, and wind speed at 3.03.
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Place details
- Locality
- Kurukshetra
- Region
- Haryana
- Country
- India
- Population
- 155,152
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.name
- Thanesar
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.other_name
- Sthāṇvīśvara
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- City
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.image_caption
- Brahma Sarovar and Kurukshetra City Entrance Gate At National Highway 44 (India)
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- India Haryana#India3
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- right
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- Location in Haryana, India
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.subdivision_name1
- Haryana
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.subdivision_name2
- Kurukshetra district
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.elevation_m
- 232
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.population_total
- 154962
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement<! See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Indian cities]] for details >.demographics_type1
- Languages
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Karnal district
- Elevation
- 232
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
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- Commons category
- Kurukshetra
- postal code
- 136118
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sources (1)
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Travel guide
Understand
It was the site of a battle described in the Indian epic the Mahabarata. One of the most sacred parts of that story, and one of the most famous passages in all of Hindu scripture, took place just before the battle. It is called the Bhagavad Gita and is a dialog between the warrior Arjuna and the God Krishna who serves as his charioteer.
Get in
Kurukshetra is approximately north of New Delhi and is most often reached by road or rail from there.
Get around
Auto-rickshaws (three-wheelers, shared) are the only available option to move around the city.
See
thumb|right|Bronze Chariot with Lord Krishna and Arjuna
Eat
Chats around Bramha Sarovar and main city (Thanesar) Multicuisine at Kimaya, Mezbaan, Saffron Chicken items at Crown Hotel (Pipli) Chole Bhature on Railway Road Poori with petha and chole in old city (near ambedkar chowk) University Cafeteria for south Indian cuisine
Drink
Parakeet resort (Haryana Tourism) serves hard drinks. There are no objections for guests to bring their liquor and consume it in their room. Most of the hotels follow the same pattern.
Sleep
There are many dharmshalas for a budget accommodations, a few are:
Agarwala Dharamshala, near railway station. Brahman Dharamshala, near old bus stand. Jat Dharmashala, near Birla Mandir. Saini Samaj Bhavan
For a better accommodation hotels are: Neelkanth
Go next
Chandigarh (95 km by road or rail) Karnal (35 km) Ludhiana (181 km) New Delhi (150 km) Patiala (100 km) Kasauli (138 km) Dehradun - Kurukshetra to Dehradun is a Approx Distance 150 km popular North India road journey connecting the historic land of Mahabharata with the capital city of Uttarakhand. The route passes through Haryana, Himachal Pradesh border areas, and enters Uttarakhand via scenic forest and hill roads.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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