A fund of ₹2 crore has been sanctioned under the Mahabharata Circuit scheme to develop tourist facilities and restore the grandeur of this sacred site.
On 28th August, the department of English, St Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata, paid a befitting tribute to Prof Purushottama Lal by inaugurating the Prof P. Lal. Memorial Lecture series on its premises.
A 3.55-minute video clip of cricketer-turned-politician Kirti Azad went viral today where he's rubbished the BJP and compared himself with Dhrishtadyumna of the epic Mahabharata.
Aamir Khan gets candid about his dream project 'Mahabharata.' Calling it a scary project, he reveals his apprehensions about the film's fate.
Remember chakravyuh, the impregnable maze which was created for Arjun in Mahabharata? A Durga Puja in the city has taken inspiration from it and tried to find a link with the present society, where the women are yet to come out of oppression in the society.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first public engagement after the announcement of a nationwide lockdown on March 24, had invoked the Mahabharata war to state that India’s battle against Coronavirus will continue for 21 days.
The chief minister said despite her assurances over 30 people have so far died in the state because of the panic over the proposed implementation of the citizens' register.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget in the Parliament on Saturday made an announcement in this regard.
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Other than the Mahabharata, the place has various other tourist sites to attract visitors. For instance, Sri Krishna Museum, set up by the Kurukshetra Development Board, depicts the life of Lord Krishna. The Panorama Science Museum, with the help of science and technology, tells Mahabharata stories. It also houses a planetarium, paying tribute to Kalpana Chawla, who hails from Karnal. Then, there is a tomb called Sheikh Chilli ~ a great scholar and a teacher of Dara Shikoh.
