Origin of Name
The district derived its name from the ancient region of Kurukshetra, which literally means the land of the Kurus. It is believed that the Kurukshetra war described in the Mahabharata and the Puranas was fought here and Krishna recited the Bhagavat Gita to Arjuna on the battlefield before the war.
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