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MUKARRAMPUR. locally called Makaroripur, is 14 km from Sirhind (SOWN, 76°23`E). The village has five different historical shrines. GURDWARA PATSHAHI CHHEVIN, NAUMI ATE DASVIN is the principal Sikh shrine of Mukarrampur. The site is sacred to three of the Gurus. According to local tradition Guru Tegh Bahadur was here on
KANPUR (26"25`N, 80°17`E), formerly Kanhaiyapur, possesses a Sikh shrine sacred to Guru Tcgh Bahadur. Guru Tegh Bahadur visited the site at the beginning of 1666 while on his way to the eastern parts. The memory of his visit was kept alive by a modest singleroomed shrine which was developed into
JINDVARI, village 14 km west of Anandpur in Ropar district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine formerly known as Guruana but now called Gurdwara Jindvari Sahib. It marks the site where Baba Gurditta, the eldest son of Guru Hargobind, inadvertently killed a cow during the chase. His use of
DES RAJ. BHAI, a Khatri Sikh of Amritsar, was entrusted with the supervision of the reconstruction of the Harimandar during the sixties and seventies of the eighteenth century. Nothing is known about his early life or family except that he originally came from Sursingh village, 30 km southwest of
NANDPUR, commonly referred to as NandpurKalaur because of its proximity to the village by the name of Kalaur, is 9 km from Bassi Pathanan (30°42`N. 76°25`E) in Fatehgarh Sahib district. The historical shrine at Nandpur, Gurdwara Sahib Patshahi Nauviri, commemorates the visit of Guru Tegh Bahadur. The present building
DIALPURA BHAI KA, village in Bathinda district of the Punjab, 38 km west of Barnala, named after its founder, Bhai Dial Singh, a grandson of Bhai Rupa (1614-1709), around the middle of the eighteenth century, claims a historical shrine, Gurdwara Zafarnamah Sahib Patshahi X. According to local tradition, Guru
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
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
SAHVA, a village in Churu district of Rajasthan, 40 km southwest of Bhadra (29010N, 75"15`E), is referred to as Suheva in Sikh chronicles and is popularly called Suhava Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh, while travelling from the Punjab to the South in October November 1706 arrived here from Nohar via
DORAHA (30° 48`N, 76° 2`E), an old village along the Grand Trunk Road 20 km east of Ludhiana, claims an historical shrine, Gurdwara Damdama Sahib Patshahi Chhevin, sacred to Guru Hargobind, Nanak VI. According to local tradition, Guru Hargobind encamped here for a night travelling back from the Gwalior
SANDHVAN, village 13 km northeast of Phagwara (31° 14`N, 75° 46E),in Nawashahr district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine dedicated to Guru Har Rai (1630-61), who passed through here while on his way from Kartarpur to Kiratpur. The shrine, called Gurdwara Danda Sahib Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib
GURMUKH SINGH, a kahar or water carrier of Kandola village in Jalandhar district of the Punjab, was a close confidant of Bhai Maharaj Singh , leader of the anti British revolt of 184849. During the second AngloSikh war, Gurmukh Singh assisted Maharaj Singh in procuring supplies of food and
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