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GADIAL
Tags: guru, singh, gurdwara, amritsar, hall, side, arrived, gaga, sahib, tree, landowners, punjab
GADIAL, a village in Ropar district of the Punjab about 18 km east of Garhshankar, is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh, who arrived here in 1700 from Khera Kalmot and stayed awhile under a fig tree. A memorial in the form of a small platform built around...
GAGGOBUA
Tags: amritsar, gurdwara, singh, gaggobua, guru, hargobind, perpetuated, gurdwaras, memory, century, baba, place
GAGGOBUA, village 27 km southwest of Amritsar (31°38'N, 74°52'E) along the Amritsar Khemkaran road, is sacred to Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), who came here once following the chase. Gurdwara Manji Sahib Chhevin Patshahi, constructed at the site...
GAHAL
Tags: gurdwara, singh, committee, guru, february, gahal, village, parbandhak, ghallughara, amritsar, compound, shrine
GAHAL (locally pronounced Gailh), village on the right bank of the Bathinda branch of Sirhind Canal, 30 km north of Barnala (30°22`N, 75°32`E) in Sangrur district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Har Rai (1630-61), who once made a brief halt...
GAHIR GAMBHIRIE MAT KE SVAMI BISHAN DAS YATI JI KA JIVAN CHARITRA
Tags: bishan, gahir, granth, sahib, charitra, guru, gambhirie, bk/ad, women, manuscript, volume, svami
GAHIR GAMBHIRIE MAT KE SVAMI BISHAN DAS YATI JI KA JIVAN CHARITRA, by Bhagvan Das, is a biographical portrayal (jivan charitra) of Svami Bishan Das, founder of the Gahir Gambhirie sect. The author who was a disciple of Bishan Das compiled this...
GAJA (KUNCHARA)
Tags: gaja, lord, meditated, kunchara, elephant, octopus, tentacles, saved, entangled, account, purana, gandharva
GAJA (KUNCHARA) When the Gaja (elephant) took refuge in the Merciful Lord, he was released from the clutches of the crocodile. (Sorath M. 9, p. 632) The king of elephants meditated on Thee, O Lord! and he was liberated. (Basant M. 5, p. 1192)...
GAJJA SINGH, MAHANT
Tags: singh, mahant, bhai, gajja, music, patiala, sikh, classical, buba, gurusar, rahmat, guru
GAJJA SINGH, MAHANT (c. 1850-1914), maestro of Sikh classical devotional music, was born in a Jatt Sikh family of Vandar, a village in Faridkot district of the Punjab. He had a sensitive ear for music from his early childhood. His father, a pious...
GAJJAN, BHAI
Tags: bhai, amritsar, singh, santokh, 1955, uppal, mala, 1927, granth, suraj, pratap, bhagat
GAJJAN, BHAI, an Uppal Khatri, named among Guru Nanak's Sikhs in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 14.
GAJPAT SINGH, RAJA
Tags: singh, raja, gajpat, nabha, patiala, jind, amar, sikh, 1789, emperor, saftdori, chief
GAJPAT SINGH, RAJA (1738-1789), founder of the Sikh state of Jind, was born on 15 April 1738, the second son of Sukhchain Singh (d. 1751), who was the younger brother of Gurdit Singh, an ancestor of the ruling family of Nabha. In 1755, at the age of...
GALAURA, BHAI
Tags: guru, bhai, santokh, singh, gurus, spread, teachings, region, amritsar, 1927, granth, suraj
GALAURA, BHAI, a resident of village Chlka in the present Kaithal district of Haryana, became a devotee of Guru Tegh Bahadur The Guru appointed him his masand, representative in Hisar and Harisi, in which capacity he spread the teachings of the...
GANA
Tags: ganas, gana, lord, gandharvas, deities, sprang, body, parvati, scurf, ganesha, attendant, inferior
GANA The Ganas, Gandharvas, Siddhas and saints...are engaged in uttering the infinite Praises of the Unapproachable and Unfathomab'" Lord. (Devgandhari M. 5, p. 535) The Ganas and Gandharvas were emancipated through the remembrance of the Name of...

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