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BHANO KHERI, a village in Ambala district of Haryana, is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh. Being escorted as a small child from Patna to Anandpur, in 1670-71, he made a fairly long halt at Lakhnaur. As he was playing with his friends one day, the ball (gend) hit by
BRAHMAN MAJRA, an old village, about 11 km southeast of Ropar (30° 58`N, 76° 31`E), is sacred to Guru Hagobind and Guru Gobind Singh. Gurdwara Guru Garh Sahib commemorates the visit of Guru Gobind Singh on 6 December 1705 when he, with his two elder sons and 40 Sikhs, was
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
GIAN SINGH, BHAI (1883-1953), naqqash or fresco painter, was born in the city of Amritsar in 1883. His father, Taba Singh, a comb maker by profession, supplemented his meagre income by dispensing ayurvedic medicines in his spare time. At the age of five, Gian Singh was sent
GUNIKE, village 12 km south of Nabha (30°22`N, `76°9`E), in Patiala district, has a historical Gurdwara, dedicated to Guru Tegh Bahadur. Situated on the south eastern outskirts of the village, the Gurdwara marks the site where the Guru once stayed on the bank of a pond called Siddhari Vali Dhab,
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