page_title: Thanesar
section_title: Religious significance
hierarchical_section_title: Thanesar / Religious significance
caption_attribution_description: English: The kund believed to be created by Arjun's arrow to quench the thirst of Bheeshma while he lay on the bed of arrows
context_page_description: Thanesar is a historic town and an important Hindu pilgrimage centre on the banks of the Saraswati River in the state of Haryana in northern India, It is basically old Kurukshetra city Kurukshetra district, approximately 160 km northwest of Delhi, and Kurukshetra’s urban area now merges with Old Kurukshetra city. both are same but people use to get confused between Thanesar city and Kurukshetra that they are different but let me clear Thanesar city or Kurukshetra city is same Thanesar city means old Kurukshetra city.
  Prabhakarvardhana was a ruler of Thanesar in the early seventh-century CE and was succeeded by his sons, Rajyavardhana and Harsha.
context_section_description: Thanesar derives its name from the words "Sthaneshwar" which means "Place of God." The Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple, whose presiding deity is Lord Shiva, is believed to be place where the Pandavas with Krishna prayed to Lord Shiva and received his blessings for victory in the battle of Mahabharata. It is the central and the most important place in the 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra. 1.5 km from Thanesar on Kurukshetra-Pehowa road lies Narkatari, the water tank named Bhishma Kund is believed to be the spot when Bhishma lay of the bed of arrows during the Mahabharata war.
  Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple and Dukha Bhanjan Mahadev Temples are the oldest temples of Thanesar. Other religious sites include the Brahma Sarovar, Jyotisar, the Sannihit Sarovar, Gurdwara 6th Patashahi and the Devi Bhadrakali temple, which is counted among the 51 Shakti Peethas. The bathing-fair held here on the occurrence of a solar eclipse is said to be attended by half a million pilgrims.
caption: Bhishma Kund at Narkatari.
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