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Gurdwaras in Kurukshetra There are many Shrines in and around Kurukshetra connected with Gurus. This town, being of vital religious significance for the Hindus, was visited by several Gurus at different occasions. Earlier the name of this town was Thanessar or Sthaneswar. The name Kurukshetra was given to a part of this ancient town with a view to identify the place where lord Krishna had narrated Gita to Arjuna before the battle of Maha Bharata. Gradually the name Kurukshetra became more prominent and it became a district of which Thanessar was the main town. The Sikh historic Gurdwaras, namely Gurdwara Sri Siddh Vati Sahib, Gurdwara Sri Guru Amar Das atte Guru Har Rai Sahib Kurukshetra, Gurdwara Sri Guru Hargobind Sahib Kurukshetra, Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadar Sahib Kurukshetra, Gurdwara Sri Pata Sahib and Gurdwara Sri Raj Ghat Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. The most notable Gurdwara is known as Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi. This is dedicated to Guru Hargobind Sahib’s visit. The Guru had explained by giving discourse, the relationship Gurudwara Panjokhra Sahib, Ambala Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi (Kurukshetra) between Bhagti and Shakti (Prayer and Power). It is the premier Gurdwara of Kurkshetra where offices of the local and regional managing committee are located. This is also the most spacious and most magnificent of the local Gurdwaras. Guru ka Langar, sarovar and availability of accommodation for pilgrims is available only at this place. Originally, the shrine was marked only by a platform over which a Gurdwara was raised in 1909. After 1947 a large number of Sikhs, uprooted from Pakistan, found temporary refuge here and later settled in villages in the area, which was, at the time, part of Karnal District. Baba Jiwan Singh took up the construction and reconstruction of historical Gurdwaras in the region through kar-sewa (collective, free and voluntary service). The main building, a high-ceilinged congregation hall on a 6 feet high plinth, with a fluted lotus dome above the sanctum where Guru Granth Sahib is seated on a canopied marblr seat, is lined all around, with white and streaked marble slabs. All major functions of the year- birth anniversaries of the first, sixth and the tenth Gurus – are held in this Gurdwara.