Kaul is a

panchayat village Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in the Pundri tehsil of

Kaithal district Kaithal district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, state in northern India. Kaithal town is the district headquarters. The district occupies an area of 2317 km2. It has a population of 1,074,304 (2011 census). It is part of Karnal div ...

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...

, India. Earlier it formed part of the Kurukshetra and

Karnal Karnal ( is a city located in the state of Haryana, India and is the administrative headquarters of Karnal District. It was used by East India Company army as a refuge during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Delhi. The Battle of Karnal between ...

districts. Kaul is 38 km by road northwest of the city of

, 32 km by road southwest of the town of Kurukshetra and 5 km by road southeast of the village of Dhand, where the nearest railway station is located. The population of Kaul village was 12,826 in 2011, which was almost five times the average size for villages in the district. Kaul is relatively well-developed and often thought of as a town. The infrastructure is well-developed, including a nearby 220 kv power station. An old fort survives in a now-uninhabited part of the village and ascetics and saints stay there. Folklore has it that the wheel of

Karna Karna (Sanskrit: कर्ण, IAST: ''Karṇa''), also known as Vasusena, Anga-raja, and Radheya, is one of the main protagonists of the Hindu epic '' Mahābhārata''. He is the son of the sun god Surya and princess Kunti (mother of the ...

's chariot got stuck at that spot during his final fight with Arjuna in

Mahabharat The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; sa, महाभारतम्, ', ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kuru ...

. Historically, Kaul was a major center of learning. A famous

Sanskrit Sanskrit (; attributively , ; nominally , , ) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late ...

Mahavidyalaya joined the '' ashram'' of

Kapil Kapila ( sa, कपिल), also referred to as Cakradhanus, is a sage in Hindu tradition. According to Bhagavata Purana, he is the son of the sage Kardama and Devahuti, the daughter of the Svayambhuva Manu. Kardama had nine daughters, who wer ...

Muni, one of the most learned and revered Hindu sages of ancient India. Kapil Muni was mentioned by

Krishna Krishna (; sa, कृष्ण ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the eighth avatar of Vishnu and also as the Supreme god in his own right. He is the god of protection, compassion, tenderness, and love; and is one ...

during the sermon of

Gita The Bhagavad Gita (; sa, श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता, lit=The Song by God, translit=śrīmadbhagavadgītā;), often referred to as the Gita (), is a 700- verse Hindu scripture that is part of the epic ''Mahabharata'' ( ...

to Arjuna in Mahabharat. The village has a ''Surya Kund'' (a sacred tank dedicated to the Sun God).

Education

Kaul has many schools and two colleges. Kaul has College of Agriculture and Regional Research Station (Rice) which are part of Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) . The Kaul campus of the CCSHAU focuses its research on wheat and rice. Apart from agricultural education, Babu Anant Ram Janta College and united college of education confers degrees.Janta College website
/ref> many students of village had been studied in national institute like NIT's and IIT's.

Notables

* Balwant Singh, Arjun Awardee, former captain of Indian national volleyball team *

Ishwar Singh Choudhary Ishwar Singh Jadaula (born 10 April 1950, Jadaula, Kaithal district, Haryana) is a politician from Indian Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an ...

, former speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly * Makhan Singh, former speaker of Haryana Legislative Assembly, MLA

References

External links

* Kaithal district, official website Villages in Kaithal district {{Haryana-geo-stub