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AGRA
Tags: guru, agra, bahadur, sikh, tegh, gurdwara, nanak, jassi, visit, sirigh, city, amritsar
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...
AHRAURA
Tags: guru, tegh, singh, bahadur, gurdwara, bagh, gurudwara, shri, pothi, autograph, garden, called
AHRAURA, a small town in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, 40 km south of Varanasi (25°20'N, 8205-81 E). has a Sikh shrine called Gurudwara Bagh Shri Guru Tegh BahadurJi Ka. Guru Tegh Bahadur visited Ahraura in 1666 in the course of his journey...
ALLAHABAD
Tags: guru, tegh, bahadur, singh, visited, pakki, sikh, congregation, amritsar, marble, palaki, rooms
ALLAHABAD (25°28'N, 81°50'E). Prayag before the reign of Emperor Akbar, was visited by Guru Nanak in the course of Ills first preaching journey to the east in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. In 1666, Guru Tegh Bahadur visited the...
AMBALA
Tags: guru, gurdwara, singh, shrine, hall, site, gobind, sikh, sahib, committee, place, ambala
AMBALA (30°23`N, 76°47`E), a city in Haryana, has several historical shrines sacred to the Gurus. GURDWARA BADSHAHI BAGH, situated near the district courts, occupies the site which used to be a halting place for the Mughal emperors when...
ANANTNAG
Tags: town, gurdwara, southern, guru, kashmir, nanak, district, anantnag, part, hall, 1970, divan
ANANTNAG (33° 44`N, 75° 13`E), a district town on the southern edge of the Kashmir valley, is named after a nearby spring which is regarded as sacred by the Hindus. The town claims a historical Sikh shrine commemorating the visit of Guru Nanak...
AURANGABAD,
Tags: singh, bhai, guru, daya, aurangabad, letter, deccan, gurdwara, emperor, aurangzib, railway, managed
AURANGABAD, (19° 54`N, 75° 20`E) is a district town in Maharashtra. It is a railway station on the ManmadKachiguda section of the South Central Railway, 114 km from Manmad towards Nanded. The site was once the capital of the Yadavas ofDevgiri...
AYODHYA
Tags: guru, singh, room, tegh, bahadur, sikh, granth, visit, left, saryu, ayodhya, platform
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...
BALACHAUR,
Tags: guru, singh, gurdwara, gobind, committee, shrine, rectangular, larger, hall, 1968, patiala, enclosed
BALACHAUR, a village about 11 km northeast of Jagadhri (30° 10`N, 77° 18`E) in Ambala district of Haryana, claims a historical shrine known as Gurdwara Agampura dedicated to Guru Gobind Singh. Guru Gobind Singh visited the place travelling...
BANI BADARPUR
Tags: guru, badarpur, singh, bahadur, bani, amritsar, tegh, construction, constructed, villages, kurukshetra, visit
BANI BADARPUR is the name popularly given to what are in fact two separate villages Bani and Badarpur, 6 km from Ladva (29°59`N, 77°3`E)in Kurukshetra district of Haryana. Guru Tegh Bahadur visited this place twice. On his first visit, he came...
BARAMULA
Tags: gurdwara, guru, kashmir, singh, baramula, patiala, 1970, nanak, constructed, chhevin, hall, valley
BARAMULA (34° 13`N, 74° 23`E), a district town 52 km northwest ofSrinagar in Kashmir is situated at the mouth of the gorge by which River Jehlum leaves the Kashmir valley after passing through Wular Lake. Guru Hargobind, Nanak VI, stayed at...

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