Umri,

Kurukshetra Kurukshetra (, ) is a city and administrative headquarter of Kurukshetra district in the Indian state of Haryana. It is also known as Dharmakshetra ("Realm of duty ") and as the "Land of the Bhagavad Gita". Legends According to the Pura ...

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Puranas Purana (; sa, , '; literally meaning "ancient, old"Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas, , page 915) is a vast genre of Indian literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends an ...

, is a village named after Odaumbar Rishi as it was his taposthali.

Transport

* By road: Buses of Haryana Roadways and other state corporations ply through Umri and connect it to Delhi, Chandigarh and other important places. Taxi service is also available. * By air: The airports closest to Umri (Kurukshetra) are at Delhi and Chandigarh, which are well connected by road and rail. * By rail: Umri (Kurukshetra) railway station is a railway junction station, well connected with all important towns and cities of the country. The Shatabadi Express halts here. Dhoda Kheri, Dhirpur, Dhola Majra Shahabad Markanda and Mohri are the railway stations between Kurukshetra to Ambala of Indian railway route.

Higher education

* Govt Senior Secondary School,Umri * Govt. Industrial Training Institute, Umri * Govt. Polytechnic, Umri * National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology, Kurukshetra *

National Institute of Design, Kurukshetra The National Institute of Design, Haryana (NIDH) is a design school in Umri, Kurukshetra, India. The Institute started functioning on 15 November 2016. The institute functions as an autonomous body under the Department of Industrial Polic ...

References

Villages in Kurukshetra district {{Haryana-geo-stub