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MOHI, village in Ludhiana district, 9 km from Jodhari (30°48`N, 75°48`E) along the Guru Gobind Singh Marg, has a shrine called Gurdwara Patshahi Dasviri, dedicated to Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh passed through this village on his way from Alamgir andJodhari to Hehrari at the end of 1`705. It
KILA RAIPUR, small town and railway station in Ludhiana district, claims a historical shrine called Gurdwara Damdama Sahib Patshahi ChhevTri. This Gurudwara was established in recent decades in the belief that Guru Hargobind halted here awhile during his journey from Dehlori to Gujjarval in 1631. The shrine is a square
KHARA, village 7 km northwest of Tarn Taran (31°27`N, 74"56`E) along the AmriisarTarn Taran road, has two historical Gurudwaras dedicated to Guru Arjan (15631606), who sojourned here while the sarovar at Tarn Taran was being dug. GURDWARA MANJl SAHIB located inside the village marks the house where Guru Arjan used
IYALI KALAN, village in Ludhiana district, about 12 km west of the city, is sacred to Guru Hargobind. He passed through this village on his way to Kanarpur after the battle of Mehraj (1634). According to local tradition, a liigh platform was raised here by Bhal Bidhi Chand and other
SAHIB GANJ (2513N, 87"38`E), a town in Santhal Pargana district of Bihar, was visited by Guru Tegh Bahadur in 1666. He is said to have stayed here at the Old Nanak Shahi Sangat, commemorating Guru Nanak`s visit in the early sixteenth century. The Sangat still exists. The Guru Granth Sahib
BATALA (31° 49`N, 75° 12`E), an old town in Gurdaspur district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Nanak, who was married here, according to local tradition, on Bhadon sudf7, 1544 Bk/24 September 1487, to Sulakkhani, daughter of Mul Chand, of the village of Pakkhoke, on the River Ravi,
MONGHYR. pronounced Mungher (25°22`N, 86°30`E), a district town in Bihar, 170 km east of Patna Sahib, has an historical shrine dedicated to Guru Tegh Bahadur, who stayed here during his tour of the eastern districts in 1666. It is called Gurdwara Pakki Sangat and is located in Bazar area
BURIA, an old town about 4 km east of Jagadhri (30°10`N. 77017`E), was the seat of a minor principality ruled by a scion of the Bhangi misl. Guru Tegh Bahadur is believed to have visited Buna during one of his preaching journeys. The old Manji Sahib built in his honour
PHARALA, village 11 km northeast of Phagwara (31°14`N, 75°46`E),`but falling in Jalandhar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Har Rai (1630-1661), who halted here briefly during his journey from Kartarpur to Kiratpur. Gurdwara Guru Har Rai Sahib, in the northeastern part of the village, is an old
CHAKK FATEH SINGHVALA. 3 km south of Bhuchcho Mandi (30° 13`N, 75° 5`E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, and one of the cluster of villages known as Bhai ke Chakk because of the association of the family of Bhai Bhagatu with them, was visited by Guru Gobind Singh,
PUSHKAR, a famous Hindu centre of pilgimage, 13 km from Ajmer (26°27`N, 74°42`E) in Rajasthan is also sacred to the Sikhs for the gurudwaras dedicated to the First and Tenth Gurus. Gurdwara Guru Singh Sabha, situated in the eastern part of Pushkar is dedicated to the first Guru and
GHUMAN, village 10 km west of Sri Hargobindpur (30°41`N, 75°29`E) in Gurdaspur district of the Punjab. Namdev (1270-1350), the muchrevered saint of Maharashtra, some of whose hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib, lived in this village for a considerable time. Most of his years until the age of
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