DODRA

DODRA, village 5 km southwest of Samana (30° ll`N, 76° ll`E) in the Punjab/is sacred to Guru Tegh Bahadur who visited it during one of his travels through the Malva region. A platform raised as a memorial to the Guru`s visit was replaced by the present Gurdwara Patshahi IX in the beginning of the present century. Situated in a halfacre lowwalled compound on the northern edge of the village, it consists of a domed sanctum, with a hall in front. An old pipal tree, believed to be the one under which Guru Tegh Bahadur had sat and delivered his message, still exists at the back of the hall. The Gurdwara is maintained by the village sangat.