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AMAR SIDDHU,
Tags: lahore, gurdwara, committee, village, guru, shiromani, parbandhak, garden, affiliated, middle, 1922, domed
AMAR SIDDHU, village 13 km southeast of Lahore along the LahoreKasur road, is sacred to Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), who once visited here travelling from Guru Mangat close to Lahore. Gurdwara Patshahi VI, established to commemorate the visit, was...
BAHIRVAL,
Tags: guru, water, gurdwara, hema, village, sweet, committee, drink, administered, shiromani, parbandhak, largelyattended
BAHIRVAL, village in Chuniari tahsil (subdivision) of Lahore district of Pakistan, is sacred to Guru Arjan( 1563-1606), who once visited it during his travels in these parts. According to tradition, as the Guru arrived here from Jambar in the north,...
BUCHCHEKE,
Tags: gurdwara, nankana, sahib, midmarch, chet, held, sikhs, religious, fair, year, abandoned, caused
BUCHCHEKE, village 15 km southwest of Nankana Sahib in Sheikhupura district of Pakistan, had a historical shrine, Gurdwara Patshahi V, dedicated to Guru Arjan, who once came here from Nankana Sahib during his travels across this region. The Gurdwara...
CHAHAL,
Tags: guru, nanak, village, gurdwara, amritsar, chahal, singh, tara, 1947, committee, abandoned, partition
CHAHAL, 15 km southeast of Lahore, was the ancestral village of Mata Tripta, mother of Guru Nanak. This was the birthplace of Bibi Nanaki, Guru Nanak`s sister. Guru Nanak visited the village on several occasions. Gurdwara Dera Chahal, which marked...
DHILVAN
Tags: village, guru, pipal, tree, outskirts, stayed, visit, site, marked, abandoned, partition, punjab
DHILVAN, a small village 5 km east of Barki (31° 28`N, 74° 30`E) in Lahore district, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, Nanak VI. Gurdwara Patshahi VI on the eastern outskirts of the village marked the site where the Guru stayed under a pipal tree...
DIPALPUR
Tags: guru, dipalpur, tree, town, nanak, 1947, singh, pipal, chest, mementos, believed, wooden
DIPALPUR (30° 40`N, 73° 32`E), tahsil (subdivision) town of Montgomery (or Sahiwal) district of Pakistan, was, according to Miharban Janam Sakhi, visited by Guru Nanak (1469-1539) on his way back from Pakpattan to Talvandi. According to local...
EMINABAD
Tags: guru, bhai, town, nanak, singh, eminabad, gurdwara, lalo, sahib, sikh, stonemill, amritsar
EMINABAD (32°2`N, 74°16`E), an ancient town in Gujranwala district of Pakistan, is sacred to Guru Nanak (1469-1539) in whose day it was called Sayyidpur. According to Bhai Bala Janam Sakhi, after leaving Sultanpur and before setting out on his...
GHAVINDI
Tags: lahurd, village, guru, mass, caused, partition, migrations, lasurd, sahib, pronunciational, variation, abandoned
GHAVINDI, village in Lahore dislrict of Pakistan, only one kilometre from the IndoPak border opposite Khaira, had a historical shrine commemorating Guru Nanak`s visit. Upon his arrival in the village, the Guru is said to have put up under a lahurd...
GUJRAT
Tags: gujrat, singh, battle, kashmir, amritsar, lost, gurdwara, sikh, shah, town, district, afghan
GUJRAT (32°34`N, 7405`E). a district town in Pakistan, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who stayed here for some time on his way back from Kashmir in 1620. Here he was met by the famous Muslim divine Shah Daula, well known to a local Sikh, Bhai...
HAFIZABAD
Tags: singh, manuscript, gurmukh, bhai, sdkhi, lithographed, gurdwara, janam, sikh, amritsar, town, hafizabad
HAFIZABAD (32°4`N, 73"41`E), a sub divisional town in Gujrariwala district of Pakistan, claimed a historical Sikh shrine commemorating the visit of Guru Hargobind, who stopped here briefly travelling back from Kashmir in 1620. Gurdwara Chhevih...

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