Pehowa
Sign in to savePehowa () (old name Pitrudhak Teerth) is a town and a municipal committee in Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is an important sacred Hindu pilgrimage site, related to Krishna and the Mahabharata, within the 48 Kos Parikrama of Kurukshetra. The Hindu genealogy registers at Peohwa, Haryana are kept there at the Pruthudak Tirath on the banks of Sarasvati river.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pehowa
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- Prithudak
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- Town
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- Sarawati River and Temple - Pitrudhak Teerth - Pehowa.jpg
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- Sarasvati River and temple, Pehowa
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- Sarasvati River and temple, Pehowa
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- India Haryana#India3
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- right
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- Location in Haryana, India
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- Country
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- State
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- Haryana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kurukshetra district
- Elevation
- +224
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Sarawati River and Temple - Pitrudhak Teerth - Pehowa.jpg
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Demographics
- Religious significance
- Prithudak Teerth
- Genealogy registers
- Sarasvati Temple
- [[Kartikeya temple]]
- Arunai Temple
- Other Major Shrines
- Commercial Importance
- Agriculture
- Bricks
- See also
- References
Pehowa () (old name Pitrudhak Teerth) is a town and a municipal committee in Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is an important sacred Hindu pilgrimage site, related to Krishna and the Mahabharata, within the 48 Kos Parikrama of Kurukshetra. The Hindu genealogy registers at Peohwa, Haryana are kept there at the Pruthudak Tirath on the banks of Sarasvati river.
Pehowa is visited by thousands of Hindus and Sikhs to perform the last rites (pind daan) for their ancestors and loved ones.