Haryana is the most coveted religious place from Vedic times and has been the torch bearer for Pilgrim Tourism. With a battery of temples and pilgrim centres concentrated in the 48-‘kosas’ (92 miles) of land of legendary Mahabharata; devotion, legend and mythology loom large over Kurukshetra, the space where celestial song ‘Bhagwad Gita’ is believed to have been delivered by Lord Krishna to Arjuna.

Other major pilgrimage destination is the Gurudwara nada Sahib, in district panchkula. Guru Gobind Singh – the tenth guru halted here while travelling from Paonta Sahib to Anandpur Sahib after the Battle of Bhangani in 1688.