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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.
GURNE KALAN, village 8 km south of Lahira (29°56`N, 75°48`E) in Sangrur district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Tegh Bahadur who, according to Bhal Santokh Singh, Sn GurPratap Suraj Granth, stayed here for three days while on his way from Talvandl Sabo to Dhamtan. A small gurdwara
THANESAR (Kurukshetra) (29058`N, 76050`E) is an ancient pilgrim centre of the Hindus. Devotees from all over India have since time immemorial been forgathering here for a dip in the holy lakes, especially on the occasion of solar eclipse. Several of the Sikh Gurus also visited the place to preach
HARKISHAN DAS, a purohit or family priest of Maharaja Dulcep Singh, who in 1883 went on a visit to the Maharaja in England and stayed there as his guest for nearly two years. When he returned to India in 1885, he brought with him offerings from the Maharaja for
JAGHERA, also called Nanakpur Jaghera, a village about 4 km south of Ahmadgarh (30°42`N, 75"51`E) in Ludhiana district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who halted here during one of his journeys through these parts. Gurdwara Sahib Patshahi VI, also called Gurdwara MarijT Sahib, on the LudhianaMalcrkolla
AGRA (27°10\'N, 78°\'E), became the seat of a Sikh sangat following a visit by Guru Nanak during the first of his four long preaching journeys. Later, Guru Ram Das, in his early career as Bhai Jetha, was in Agra when he attended Akbar\'s court on behalf of Guru Amar Das,
JATAULI, a village 5 km south of Nurpur Bedi in Ropar District of Punjab, is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh, who, according to local tradition, came here from Basali after the battle of Nirmohgarh in October 1700, and stayed for a short time. Gurdwara Damdama Sahib Patshahi Dasvin commemorates the
AYODHYA (26° 45`N, 82° 10`E), on the right bank of the River Saryu, also known as Ghaghara, is sacred to the Hindus as the birthplace of Lord Rama. This ancient town has Sikh shrines in memory of the First, the Ninth and the Tenth Gurus. All three are located
The Gurdwara Aaduporh is a historical shrine commemorating the visit of Guru Hargobind Ji. Guru Ji came to the site while riding his horse, where now the present Gurdwara Sahib stands. At this place Guru Ji met a holyman whose name was Aadu and asked him about the well being
LAHILI KALAN, village 15 km southeast of Hoshiarpur (31°32`N, 75°55`E) in the Punjab, has an historical shrine, Gurudwara Jand Sahib Patshahl VII, raised in honour of Guru Har Rai, who visited the site during a journey from Kiratpur to Kartarpur. The Gurdwara is a high ceilinged hall, with a square
AGAMPURA – A Gurdwara in the outskirts of the village Balachaur, about eleven km from Jagadhari railway station (Haryana), built in the memory of the visit of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. Guru Sahib visited this village, in 1688, on his way from Kapal Mochan to Anandpur Sahib.
AJIT GILL – A village, about three km from railway station Rumana Albel Singh (district Faridkot), visited by Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, in 1706. Gurdwara Gurusar preserves the memory of the visit of Guru Sahib.
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