Jyotisar

Jyotisar is a town on the Kurukshetra-Pehowa road, 5 km west of Thanesar in the Kurukshetra district of Haryana. It is a one of the most revered holy sites of the holy city of Kurukshetra. A "Vat" (Banyan tree) stands on a raised plinth. Local traditions say that it was under this holy "Banyan" that Lord Krishna delivered the sermon of "Bhagavad Gita", the doctrine of "Karma" and "Dharma" to his wavering friend Arjuna. It is here that He showed his "Virat rupa" (Universal form), the terrifying image of Himself as the "Destroyer God".

A marble chariot depicting Lord Krishna delivering the sermon to Arjuna marks the site of the "Srimad Bhagwad Gita". In one secluded section of this center, an old Shiva temple can also be seen. Hundreds of years ago, a holy water tank was present here and it can still be seen in the rainy season. The Kurukshetra Development Board has renovated the site in recent times. A mango shaped lake has been constructed here with covered bathing ghats for ladies. Cement parapets and enclosures have been built for protection. A restaurant and accommodation wing for "Yatrees" have been built and the entire area has been landscaped with flowering bushes and eucalyptus trees.as per the saying of the people the meaning of this very village is the tank of knowledge in hindi gyan ka sagar,the village presently having the population of more than ten thousand and the majority consists of the scheduled castes and backward castes besides the general people

External links

*http://Kurukshetra.nic.in