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Mahabharata Trail — Walking the Epic

Six places anchoring the Mahabharata narrative — from Krishna's birthplace at Mathura through the Kaurava-Pandava capital at Indraprastha (Delhi), to the Kurukshetra battlefield, ending at the Sangam where the epic was recited.

Circuit · 6 stops · 2,561 km · 12 days suggested

Mathura

2 days

Uttar Pradesh

Krishna's birthplace. The starting point of the epic's Vrishni-clan storyline. Pair with Vrindavan for the full Krishna-leela context.

↓ 132 km to next

Delhi

2 days

Delhi

Indraprastha — the original Pandava capital, believed to have been at present-day Purana Qila. Yudhishthira's coronation site by tradition.

↓ 155 km to next

Kurukshetra

2 days

Haryana

The battlefield itself. 18 days of war on this Haryana plain. Brahma Sarovar tank, Jyotisar (where the Bhagavad Gita was delivered), Bhishma Kund.

↓ 706 km to next

Prayagraj

2 days

Uttar Pradesh

Sangam — Triveni confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Where Vyasa is said to have first recited the Mahabharata to Janamejaya.

↓ 1357 km to next

Dwarka

2 days

Gujarat

Krishna's later kingdom on the Arabian Sea. The post-war years; the city is said to have submerged after Krishna's departure.

↓ 211 km to next

Somnath

2 days

Gujarat

Bhalka Tirtha near Somnath — the spot where Krishna was struck by an arrow and left this world. The geographical end-point of the epic.

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