BHIKHI, popularly pronounced Bhikkhi (30° 3`N, 75° 33`E), an old town along the SunamBathinda road in Bathinda district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Tegh Bahadur, who halted here for several days during one of his travels through the Malva region. Desu, the local chief, who had been

DHAND, village 15 km southwest of Amritsar (31° 38`N, 74° 52`E) along the ChhehartaJhabal road, is sacred to Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), who once came here to fulfil the wish of an old Sikh, Bhai Langaha. Gurdwara Patshahi Chhevin commemorating the visit stands on the southern outs kirts of the village.

DAUDHAR, village 22 km southeast of Moga (30° 48`N, 75° 10`E) in Faridkot district, claims a historical shrine called Gurdwara Patshahi Pahli the Chhevin (first and sixth), commemorating the visits of Guru Nanak and Guru Hargobind, Nanak VI. Situated on a sandy mound amidst cultivated fields about one kilometre

GOBINDPURA, village 7 km west of Bareta (29°52`N, 75°42`E) in Mansa district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Tcgh Bahadur as well as to Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Tcgh Bahadur, says the Sdkhi Polhi, arrived here from Bachchhoana on his way to Gaga and further east. Guru Gobind

IKULAHA, a village 6 km south-west of Khanna (30°42`N, 76°13`E) in Ludhiana district, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who visited it on his way from Ghurani and Dhamot to Saunti. The shrine which commemorates the visit was raised much later. The construction work was started in 1907-08 by Bhai Rala

KAIRON (31°19`N, 74°52`E), village in Amritsar district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Jhar Sahib, sacred to Guru Arjan (1563-1606). Located half a kilometre west of the village, it marks the site where the Guru, during one of his journeys through the Majha country, stayed for a short

MACHHIVARA (30°-55\'N, 76°-12\'E), now a small town in Ludhiana district, figures prominently in the last phase of Guru Gobind Singh\'s life. As the Guru arrived here after leaving Chamkaur on the night of 7 December 1705, he stopped first in a garden outside the village. Here Bhai Man Singh,

MULOVAL, a village 11 km west of Dhuri (30°22`N,75°53`E) in Sangrur district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Tegh Bahadur, who visited it in the course of one of his journeys through the Malva. According to Sikh chronicles, the Guru coming from Rajo Majra stopped near the village

PAIL, village (now in ruins) near Ganguval, 5 km north of Anandpur along AnandpurGuru ka Lahore road, has a shrine commemorating Guru Hargobind`s visit in 1635. Here one of his favourite stallions, Jan Bhai, wounded in the battle of Kartarpur, finally collapsed and died. The Gurdwara established during the