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Gurudwaras/Historic Gurdwaras outside Punjab
BANDA BAHADUR GURUDWARA, NEW DELHI In every faith and every land, whenever men become corrupt, despotic and tyrannous, God sends a scourge like me to punish them and teach them a lesson". Thus spoke Banda Singh Bahadur a great Sikh hero in reply to...
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Gurudwaras/Historic Gurdwaras outside Punjab
BANGLA SAHIB GURUDWARA, ROHTAK This Gurdwara is dedicated to the Ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji. He came here in 1675 while going from Jind to Delhi. He stayed at this place for a few days. A well that existed at the time of his visit is...
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Gurudwaras/Historic Gurdwaras outside Punjab
HEM KUNT SAHIB, GURDWARA SRI, lit. Receptacle of Ice, situated in the Himalayas at a height of about 15,210 feet above sea level and located in Chamoli district of Uttar Pradesh, is dedicated to Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh in his...
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Gurudwaras/Historic Gurdwaras outside Punjab
RITHA SAHIB, GURDWARA, 40 km northwest of Nanak Mata in Uttat Pradesh. It is also 40 km from Kichha railway station on the Bareilly Kathgodam metregauge section of North Eastern railway. Here, Guru Nanak had an encounter with the Nath Yogis whom he...
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Gurudwaras/Historic Gurdwaras outside Punjab
SEHRA SAHIB, GURDWARA, on top of a hillock near Basi or Basantgarh village, one kilometre south of Guru ka Lahore in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, is dedicated to Guru Gobind Singh, who halted here for a short time on his way to Guru ka...
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Gurudwaras/Historic Gurdwaras outside Punjab
TOKA SAHIB, GURDWARA, established in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, who stayed here for a few days in 1688, is on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. The Gurdwara is in Sirmur district of Himachal Pradesh, but the nearest village Tota, about...
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