Khandsa is a village in
Gurgaon
Gurgaon (pronunciation: ʊɽɡãːw, officially named Gurugram (pronunciation: ʊɾʊɡɾaːm, is a city located in the northern Indian state of Haryana. It is situated near the Delhi–Haryana border, about southwest of the nationa ...
mandal in Gurgaon District, Haryana State, India. It is populated by brahmans and rajputs, Khandsa is several kilometres from main Gurgaon, main town of the mandal and from the state capital
Chandigarh. It has a population of about 9959 persons living in some 1912 households.
Local information for Khandsa - Location coordinates (lat long) on map, businesses, tourist places, hotels & restaurants, user added information, local resources
geolysis.com It lies on the NH-8 highway. It is nearby to New Delhi India
Geography
Nearby villages are Naharpur Roopa (2.333 km), Hari Nagar (Duma) (2.535 km), Shahpur-Jat (2.626 km), Kadipur (2.711 km), Kherki Daula (3.112 km), Rampura Safedar Nagar (3.346 km).
Administration
Khandsa Pin Code is 122004
Eklavya temple
There is an Eklavya temple
The Ekalavya temple ( hi, एकलव्य मंदिर) is the only Hindu temple in the world dedicated to Ekalavya of the Mahabharata. It is located in the Khandsa village of Gurugram, Haryana, India. It is built atop the spot where Eka ...
in honour of Eklavya
Ekalavya (Sanskrit: एकलव्य, ''ékalavya'') is a character from the Indian epic Mahābhārata. He was a young prince of the Nishadas, a confederation of forest and hill tribes in ancient India.
Ekalavya is called as one of the forem ...
in Khandsa.As in Mahabharata and As per folklore, this is the only temple of Eklavya and it is the place where Eklavya cut his thumb and offered to guru Drona
Droṇa ( sa, द्रोण, Droṇa), also referred to as Dronacharya ( sa, द्रोणाचार्य, Droṇācārya), is a major character of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
In the epic, he serves as the royal preceptor of the Kaurav ...
.[Locals want tourist circuit developed for the Guru - April 2016]
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References
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Villages in Gurgaon district