Jyotisar, believed to be the place where the Bhagavad Gita was delivered, is in which district?
- A.Panipat
- B.Kurukshetra
- C.Karnal
- D.Jind
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Kurukshetra. Jyotisar lies a few kilometres from Kurukshetra town, and tradition identifies it as the spot on the battlefield where Krishna gave the Gita sermon to Arjuna. An ancient banyan called the Akshaya Vat and a sculpture of the chariot mark the place, and it is part of the Kurukshetra cluster along with Brahma Sarovar, Sannihit Sarovar and the Sthaneshwar Mahadev temple at Thanesar.
Option A, Panipat, is the district of the three battles and of the Kabuli Bagh mosque and Kala Amb, not of the Gita sites. Option C, Karnal, is named in tradition after Karna and lies next to Kurukshetra, which makes it the most tempting distractor. Option D, Jind, has the Rani Talab and Pandu Pindara, which belongs to the same wider sacred tract of Kurukshetra but is a different place. Fix the pair Jyotisar and Kurukshetra firmly.
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