MADHO SINGHANA is a village 15 km south of Sirsa in Haryana. Guru Gobind Singh after leaving Sirsa towards the South made his first halt here. As the village was totally populated by Muslims, no memorial shrine existed until a lone Nihang Singh established a gurdwara during the 1970\'s along

KHAIHRA, village 6 km southwest of Gurusar Satlani railway station in Amritsar district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine sacred to Guru Hargobind, who once passed through here on his way from Lahore to Amritsar. Gurdwara Baoli Sahib Patshahi Chheviri, named after the bdoli, a well with steps going

KARNAL (29°42`N, 76"59`E), a district town of Haryana, situated along the historic Grand Trunk road, 123 km north of Delhi, is sacred to Guru Nanak. Gurdwara MarijT Sahib commemorates his visit to Karnal in 1515 when he held a religious discourse with one Shaikh Tahir (referred to as Tatihar in

KARTARPUR. village on the right bank of tlie River Ravi in the present Sialkot district of Pakistan and usually called Kartarpur Ravl to distinguish it from another town of tlie same name in Jalandhar district of Indian Punjab, is sacred to Guru Nanak (14691539) to whom it owed its origin

KAL JHIRANI, village 33 km southwest of Bathinda (30"14`N, 74"59`E), claims an historical shrine, Gurdwara PatshahT Dasviri, commemorating the visit of Guru Gobind Singh in 1706. The present building of the Gurdwara was raised in the early 1970`s. The shrine is managed by the village sangat. Another Gurdwara, 3 km

KALMOT (also called Khera Kalmot), village 18 km northwest of Anandpur (31°14`N, ^G^l`E) in Ropar district of the Punjab, was in 1700 the scene of a clash between the Sikhs and the local GujjarRarighars who challenged Guru Gobind Sihgh while out on a chase. The Sikhs defeated the Rarighars and

JASST, also called JassI Bagvali to distinguish it from anotlier village of the same name, is an old village 23 km from Bathinda (30°14`N, 74°59`E). It claims an historical shrine commemorating the visit of Guru Gobind Singh who broke journey here while travelling from Muktsar through Lakkhi Jungle to Talvandl

JAMBAR KAIAN, a village in Lahore district, liad a historical gurudwara in memory of Guru Arjan, who once halted here during his travels in the region. Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran, as it was popularly known, had 165 acres of land attached to it and was administered by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak

GURU KI DHAB, also known by its old name of Doda Tal, is north of Jaito (30°26`N, 74°53`E). Guru Gobind Singh passed through here travelling from the nearby village of Saravan during his journey westward from Dina in December 1705. The tdlor dhdb, lit. a large pond, came to be

BHAGU, village in Bathinda district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh, who stopped here overnight on his way from Bhuchcho to Bathinda in 1706. Gurdwara Dasvin Patshahi marks the site where the Guru had encamped. The old shrine, a small domed room, was replaced during the early

ALI SHER, village 18 km north of Mansa (29°59\'N, 75°23\'E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, was visited by Guru Tegh Bahadur during his travels in the Malva region. Arriving from Pandher, he sat outside the village. The panchayat, or village elders, of Pandher, who had shown little attention to

AKOI, village 4 km north of Sangrur (30°14\'N, 75°50\'E) in the Punjab, has an old historical shrine in memory of Guru Hargobind, who is believed to have visited it during his travels through the Malva region in 1616. Here he was served with devotion by one Bhai Manak Chand. After