Kurukshetra is known as Samanta Panchaka (meaning “five lakes”) because here Lord Parashurama made five lakes from the blood of kshatriyas he killed. (Lord Parashurama purged the earth of wicked kings and warriors twenty-one times.) Srila Prabhupada said that the blood later turned into water.   One of these 5 lakes is called Sannihit (“assembly”). … Continue reading Samanta Panchaka