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An illustration of a north Indian shikhara, standing for Sthaneshwar Mahadev and Brahma Sarovar

Saiva · Kurukshetra, Haryana

Sthaneshwar Mahadev and Brahma Sarovar

Sthaneshwar Mahadev with the Brahma Sarovar and the Jyotisar tree

Pitru and ancestorsSani and Sade sati

The temple in short

Deity
Sthaneshwar Mahadev with the Brahma Sarovar and the Jyotisar tree
Where
Kurukshetra, Haryana · 29.97N 76.83E
Usual hours
5 am – 1 pm, 4 pm – 9 pm — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling. Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Sani Suriyan
Visited for
The field of the Gita, where a bath in the Brahma Sarovar at a solar eclipse is held to equal a thousand ashwamedhas. Somvati Amavasya and eclipse days are its times.
Kept for Sun and Saturn, 2 of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.

Where it is

Sthaneshwar Mahadev and Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra, Haryana. The dot is the town, to about a kilometre — the gazetteer does not hold the gopuram's own coordinates.

Others within reach

Nearest first, by straight-line distance

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Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.