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'''Brahma Sarovar''' is an ancient water pool sacred to [[Hinduism]] in [[Thanesar]], in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Haryana]] in [[North India]].<ref name=kurudist1>{{cite web | title = Religious Places in Kurukshetra - Brahma Sarovar | publisher = Kurukshetra district website | url = http://www.kurukshetra.nic.in/tour/Religious/tirath/Kurukshetra/010-brahmsarovar/index.htm#top | access-date = 8 August 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140729232051/http://www.kurukshetra.nic.in/tour/Religious/tirath/Kurukshetra/010-brahmsarovar/index.htm#top#top | archive-date = 29 July 2014 | url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Hinduism]] lays emphasis on taking bath for internal and external purity. Most religious sites have water pools or sarovar in or near the [[Hindu temple]] and [[Sikh]] [[gurdwara]]. The [[Hindu genealogy registers at Kurukshetra, Haryana]] are kept here.<br />
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==History==<br />
According to stories of itihasa , Lord [[Brahma]] created the universe from the land of [[Kurukshetra]] after a huge [[yajna]]. The Brahma Sarovar here is believed to be the cradle of civilization. The sarovar is also mentioned in the eleventh century AD memoirs of [[Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī|Al Beruni]], called 'Kitab-ul-Hind'. The sarovar also has a mention in [[Mahabharata]] citing its use by [[Duryodhana]] to hide himself underwater on the concluding day of the war.<br />
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A sacred shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva stands within the sarovar, accessible by a small bridge. According to scriptures, bathing in this sarovar increases the sanctity of performing the 'ashvamedh yajna'. The pool offers a breath-taking sight during the Gita Jayanti celebrations held each year in the last week of November and early December when a 'deep daan' ceremony of floating lamps in water and [Aarti] occurs.<ref name="Khanna2019">{{cite book|author=Vikas Khanna|title=The Last Color|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OiiGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT63|date=4 February 2019|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-93-88038-03-4|pages=63–}}</ref> This also happens to be the time when migratory birds from distant places arrive at the sarovar. The Birla Gita Mandir and Baba Nath's haveli and temple are the neighbouring attractions.<br />
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Brahma Sarovar Kurukshetra.jpg|Brahma Sarovar Kurukshetra<br />
Sri Krishna Chariot at Brahma Sarovar Kurukshetra.jpg|Sri Krishna Chariot at Brahma Sarovar Kurukshetra<br />
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===Solar eclipse ritual===<br />
The pools are especially crowded during [[solar eclipse]]s because it is believed that bathing there during the solar eclipse is an ablution of sin. On 29 March 2006, a solar eclipse was visible in the region and it drew an estimated one million people to the site.<ref name=kurudist3>{{cite news|last1=United New of India|title=Lakhs take dip in Brahma Sarovar on Occasion of Solar Eclipse|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/03/29/lakhs-take-dip-in-brahma-sarovar-on-occasion-of-solar-eclipse-1143642694.html|access-date=25 October 2014|agency=UNI|publisher=oneindia.in|date=29 March 2006}}</ref> Whenever an eclipse is visible from the Sarovar, hundreds of thousands gather in the pools.<ref name=kurudist4>{{cite news|last1=Dutt|first1=K.G.|title=Three hundred thousand take holy dip|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98aug23/head2.htm|access-date=25 October 2014|publisher=The Tribune India|date=23 August 1998}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*Jagmohan (2005). ''Soul and Structure of Governance in India''. Mumbai: Allied Publishers.<br />
*Kamran, Krishnam (1997). ''Tourism: Theory, Planning, and Practice''. New Delhi: Indus Publishing.<br />
*(2006). "Kurukshetra Calling." ''The Statesman'' (India). 5 September.<br />
*Prasad, Ramanuj (2005). ''Know Your Puranas''. Delhi: Pustak Mahal.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*http://Kurukshetra.nic.in<br />
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