BHUPAL

BHUPAL, also called Bhupalan, a village 13 km north ofMansa (29° 59`N, 75° 23`E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Tegh Bahadur, who halted here for a night during his travels across the Malva region. The shrine built inside the village to commemorate the visit, called Gurdwara Nauvin Patshahi, comprises a flatroofed hall with a vaulted ceiling. The Guru Granth Sahib is seated in it on a canopied platform. Besides daily worship, special gatherings take place to mark the birth anniversaries of Guru Nanak and Guru Gobind Singh and the martyrdom anniversary of Guru Tegh Bahadur. 1. Fauja Singh, Guru Teg Bahadur : Yatra Asthan,
2. Pramparavan te Yad Chinn. Patiala, 1976