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BHAI RUPA, village 18 km north of Rampura Phul (30° 16`N, 75° 14`E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, celebrates the name of a prominent Sikh, Bhai Rupa(Rup Chand, 1614-1709), who laid the foundation of it in 1631 at the instance of Guru Hargobind. Next to Bhai Rupa`s house was
JAND SAHIB. GURDWARA, 3 km northwest of Gumti Kalari, a village in Bathinda district of the Punjab, marks the site where Bhai Rupa (1614-1709) served Guru Hargobind with cold water out of a leather bag hung from a jand tree {Prosopis spicigera) and received the Guru`s blessings. Tuklani village,
SIOKE, or Sihoke, village in Daska subdivision of Sialkot district in Pakistan, had a Sikh shrine, Gurdwara Chhota Nankana, conimeniorating Guru Nanak`s visit. At the time of his visit, the village was known as Bharoval and, according to local tradition, he put up here with a devotee named Bhai Rupa.
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