Koti Tirtha

Koti Tirtha is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage tank located in Kurlan village, Pehowa Tehsil, Kurukshetra District, Haryana. It is one of the revered tirthas within the 48 Kos Kurukshetra pilgrimage circuit. The site centers on a holy water tank where pilgrims perform ritual bathing and ancestral rites. Surrounded by rural landscape and small shrines, it holds religious importance linked to Kurukshetra's ancient heritage and attracts devotees especially during religious fairs and ancestral worship periods.

Visitors can expect a quiet rural religious site centered on a sacred water tank (kunda) with ghats and small adjacent shrines. The setting is open and village-based with agricultural fields around. Pilgrims are seen performing prayers, holy dips and pind daan rituals. There are no large temple complexes, but the tank, prayer areas and simple shrines form the main focus for sightseeing and worship.

Koti Tirtha is part of the ancient 48 Kos Kurukshetra tirtha network documented in Puranic texts and associated with the Kurukshetra region of the Mahabharata period. Like other Kurukshetra tirthas, it has been a center for pilgrimage and ancestral rites for centuries and is traditionally counted among the sacred water bodies where ritual bathing is believed to confer religious merit.

The tirtha holds cultural and religious significance for Hindus as a site for holy bathing, prayers and pind daan and shraddha rituals for ancestors. It is visited during the 48 Kos Kurukshetra Parikrama and on occasions such as Amavasya and Pitru Paksha, reflecting the living pilgrimage traditions of the Kurukshetra sacred landscape.