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NARAYANA, wellknown centre, Dadu Dvara, of the Dadupanthi sect of sadhus founded by saint Dadu (15441603) of the Bhakti movement, half a kilometre from Naraina railway station and 71 km from Ajmer (26° 27`N, 74° 42`E). Guru Gobind Singh visited this Dadu Dvara in the course of his travels through
KOT DHARMU, village 13 km south of the district town Mansa (29°59`N, 75°23`E), in the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Sulisar Sahib Patshahi Nauvin, commemorating the visit of Guru Tegh Bahadur. According to the Sakhl Pothi, Guru Tegh Bahadur stopped here near a pool on his way back from
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
KAMALPUR, village 22 km souihwest of Samana (30011`N, 76°irE) in the Punjab, commemorates both Guru Nanak and Guru Hargobind. Two separate shrines mark the sites visited by them. The one dedicated to Guru Nanak is only a small Manji Sahib on a mound to the north of the village. The
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
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
MUNAK (29°49`N, 75°53`E), an old village lying between the River Ghaggar and the PatranJakhal link road, in Sangrur district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, called Gurdwara Akalgarh Patshahi IX. The name Akalgarh derives from the Akalgarh Fort constructed at Munak by Maharaja Amar Singh of Patiala (1748-82).
the child left for his heavenly abode. It is at the point of the terrestrial exist of Baba Atal Rai that a nine storeys Gurdwara symbolic of his 9 years of existence was constructed. It is known as Baba Atal"
DHADDE, village 10 km south of Rampura Phul (30° 16`N, 75° 14`E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdwara Gurusar Patshahi Nauviri, commemorating the visit of Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621-75), who halted here coming from Dikkh (q.v.). The Gurdwara is half a kilometre away from the
PEHOVA or Pahoa, also called Paheva or Bheva (29°59`N, 76°35`E), an ancient pilgrimage centre of the Hindus situated on the left bank of the rivulet Sarsvati, in Kurukshetra district of Haryana, has two historical gurudwaras. GURDWARA BAOLI SAHIB, located outside the old town, is dedicated to Guru Nanak, though
DHAMTAN, a large village in Jind district of Haryana, is sacred to Guru Tegh Bahadur. He visited it first in 1665 in the course of his travels through Malva and Bangar territories. Chaudhari Daggo, who was a cattle lifter and lived on plunder, came with pitchers full of milk,
PHATTE NANGAL, village near Dhanval (31"57`N, 75°19`E) in Gurdaspur district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine Gurdwara Burj Sahib, marking the spot where Guru Arjan, returning from a visit to Baba Sri Chand at Barath, stayed near what used to he a pond. The devotees, who flocked to
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