01The well of the Devi
In the Pithanirnaya list, Kurukshetra is a Shakti Peetha where the Devi is Savitri and Bhairava is Sthanu, and the temple at Devikoop in Thanesar holds the seat. The ankle of the Devi is set in white marble above the old well. Thanesar was Sthanvishvara, the capital of Harshavardhana, and the shrine of Sthaneshwar Mahadev is close by. Navratri and the solar eclipse fairs of Kurukshetra bring great crowds to the temple.
02Horses for the Devi
The temple’s tradition says that Shri Krishna brought the Pandavas here before the battle of Kurukshetra, and that they vowed their horses to the Devi if they won, and gave them after the war. So the offering here is a horse: small ones of terracotta, silver or gold, left in heaps around the shrine when a wish is fulfilled. The same tradition says the mundan, the first tonsure, of Krishna and Balarama was done here, and families still bring children for that rite.
In Thanesar town, about 2 km from Kurukshetra station and close to Sthaneshwar Mahadev. Combine with Brahma Sarovar.
