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Vrindavan to Dwarka: 7 Historic Mahabharata Sites in India

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Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra located in Haryana was where the big war in the Mahabharata happened. Legend says Lord Brahma did a ritual there, and there's a special pond called Brahma Sarovar.

 

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Vrindavan

Vrindavan, located only 10 kilometers from Mathura, is where Lord Krishna spent the most of his youth playing with gopis and eating butter.

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Hastinapur

Hastinapur, which is located in Meerut, was the capital of the Kuru clan. Hastinapur became the Pandava capital when the Mahabharata war finished. 

 

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Bhishma Kund

Bhishma Kund situated in Haryana, where Bhishma watched the Mahabharata War, is now a site with a temple beside a water tank, where Arjun made his arrow bed.

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Magadh

During the Mahabharata, the region that is now South Bihar was known as Magad. Jarasandh, Magadh's monarch, had daughters who married Kans, whom Lord Krishna killed.

 

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Dwarka

It is situated on Gujarat's west coast. To protect the Yadavas, Lord Krishna moved his capital to Dwarka from Mathura. The Dwarkadhish Temple in Dwarka is devoted to Lord Krishna.

 

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Indraprastha

Indraprastha is located in modern New Delhi. It served as the Pandavas' capital city.

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