Pushkar Tirtha

Pushkar Tirtha is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage pond located in Pohkarkheri village, Pundri Tehsil, Kaithal District, Haryana, within the revered 48-Kos Kurukshetra circuit. Revered as the Haryana counterpart of Rajasthan's Pushkar, it is associated with Lord Brahma and ritual bathing for merit and purification. The site comprises a holy sarovar with ghats and adjoining small shrines, attracting pilgrims especially on Kartik Purnima and during solar eclipses.

Visitors can expect a tranquil rural pond setting with stepped ghats surrounding a sacred sarovar, small shrines dedicated to Brahma and other deities, and open paved areas for rituals and circumambulation. The environment is quiet and devotional, with agricultural fields surrounding the village. Pilgrims perform holy dips, offer prayers, and observe traditional rites. There are no large commercial facilities, offering a simple, authentic pilgrimage experience typical of Kurukshetra tirthas.

Pushkar Tirtha is one of the tirthas of the 48-Kos Kurukshetra region described in texts associated with the Mahabharata and Puranas, including the Vamana Purana. Tradition associates the tirtha with Lord Brahma, and bathing here is believed to confer merit equivalent to bathing at Pushkar in Rajasthan. It has long been part of the Kurukshetra pilgrimage network maintained in Haryana.

The tirtha holds religious significance for Hindus as a place for ritual bathing, prayers, and ancestral rites. Pilgrims gather especially on Kartik Purnima, Purnima and solar eclipse days for holy dip and worship of Brahma. It represents the cultural tradition of sacred water bodies within the Kurukshetra pilgrimage circuit and reflects local devotional practices of rural Haryana.