Arantuk Yaksha Tirtha

Arantuk Yaksha Tirtha is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage site located at Beharjaksh village in Pehowa Tehsil, Kurukshetra District, Haryana. It is one of the 48 Kos Tirthas of the Kurukshetra pilgrimage circuit. The tirtha is dedicated to the Yaksha deity and is associated with Mahabharata and Puranic traditions, where ritual bathing in its sacred tank is believed to confer religious merit.

Visitors can expect a rural, tranquil setting with a sacred water tank (kunda/sarovar) and a small shrine dedicated to Yaksha. The site is situated in an agricultural village landscape near Kurukshetra. The area is simple and uncommercialized, primarily visited by pilgrims performing parikrama, offering prayers and taking a holy dip. Basic village surroundings with open fields and modest temple structures.

Arantuk Yaksha Tirtha is counted among the ancient tirthas of the Kurukshetra region described in the Mahabharata, Vamana Purana and other texts. Tradition associates the tirtha with the Yaksha, a guardian deity, and with the sacred geography of Kurukshetra where bathing and rites were prescribed for merit. It has been part of the 48 Kos Kurukshetra pilgrimage circuit for centuries.

The tirtha holds religious importance for Hindus as a place for ancestral rites, holy bathing and Yaksha worship. It is visited during the 48 Kos Parikrama of Kurukshetra and on auspicious bathing days, reflecting the living pilgrimage traditions of the Kurukshetra sacred region.