Since times immemorial, Kurukshetra has been revered as a spiritual heaven in all Hindu scriptures. It has been held in high esteem as a great religio-cultural centre, a holy land blessed with divine benediction. Its founder, the King Kuru, was surcharged with a profuse passion to make the body of this region abounding in eight virtues: truthfulness, austerity, forgiveness, compassion, purity, charity, composure (yoga), and continence (brahmacharya). King ...