1. GADIAL

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 the fig tree with a 5 metre high Nishan Sahib marks the spot.Gn.S. GAGA, village 2 km west of Lahira (29°56'N, 75°48'E), in Sarigrur district of the Punjab, was visited by Guru Tegh Bahadur during his travels in these parts. According to Sakhi'i Poun, the Guru arrived here for a night's stay. As the Sikhs went out to collect grass for the horses, the landowners chased them away.

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2. GAGGOBUA

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 of the old shrine, marks the spot where Guru Hargobind had halted. The Gurdwara is affiliated to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. Gaggobua was also the native place of Baba Bir Singh, a nineteenth century saint, whose memory is perpetuated through two gurdwaras, both managed by his descendants.

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3. GAHAL

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 here during his travels in the Malva country. Gurdwara Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib Patshahl VII, situated in a spacious compound in the northeastern part of the village, comprises a square sanctum, with a domed room above it and a hall in front. The Gurdwara is endowed with landed property and is administered by the Shiromam Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee through a local committee.

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4. GAHIR GAMBHIRIE MAT KE SVAMI BISHAN DAS YATI JI KA JIVAN CHARITRA

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 account during 1886-1902 at Phillaur, near Ludhiana. The manuscript, still unpublished, is preserved at the Khalsa College at Amritsar under catalogue No. 1334, and contains 648 folios, each measuring 32x24 cms and containing 24 lines. 

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5. GAJA (KUNCHARA)

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) Ajamala, Pingala, Lubhata and Kunchara (Gaja) went to the Abode of the Lord. (Kedara Ravidas, p. 1124) According to Bhagavata Purana, a Gandharva, who had become an elephant on account of the curse of a sage, was entangled by an octopus in its tentacles. He meditated on the Lord for his help and was saved.

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6. GAJJA SINGH, MAHANT

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 Sikh himself, apprenticed him for religious instruction to the mahantor custodian of Gurusar (Mehraj), a historical shrine about 25 km northeast of Bathinda (30°14`N, 74°59`E). The mahant was impressed by the rapid progress Gajja Singh made in learning the scriptural and other texts and by his ability to sing the sacred hymns in the folk tunes he had picked up in his native village.

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7. GAJJAN, BHAI

GAJJAN, BHAI, an Uppal Khatri, named among Guru Nanak's Sikhs in Bhai Gurdas, Varan, XI. 14.

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8. GAJPAT SINGH, RAJA

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 seventeen, Gajpat Singh seized a large tract of country including Jind and Safidori. In 1764, he joined the Khalsa Dal under Jassa Singh Ahluvalia and took part in the conquest of Sirhind. He then overran Panipat and Karnal. In 1766, he made Jind his capital. Unlike other Sikh chiefs, he continued to acknowledge the Mughal authority in Delhi and paid revenue to the Emperor.

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9. GALAURA, BHAI

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 Gurus in that region.

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10. GANA

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 the Lord..... (Malar M. 3, p. 1259) Ganas or Gana-Devatas are the troops of deities. Nine classes of Ganas are Adityas, Viswe-devas, Vasus, Tushitas, Abhaswaras, Anilas, Maharajikas, Sadhyas and Rudras. These are inferior deities and are attendant upon god Shiva. The Lord of these Ganas is Ganesha (or Gana-pati), who, according to one legend, sprang from the scurf of the body of Parvati; and who is the god of wisdom and remover of obstacles.

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