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AGAUL
Tags: guru, sahib, bahadur, gurudwara, called, pipal, holy, pond, tree, tegh, granth, village
AGAUL, village 10 km from Nabha (30°22'N, 76°9'E) in Patiala district, has a historical shrine called Gurudwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib. In the course of a journey through this area, Guru Tegh Bahadur came and sat here under a pipal tree...
AMRITSAR
Tags: guru, amritsar, gurdwara, singh, sahib, city, sikh, town, tank, harimandar, holy, sikhs
AMRITSAR (31°38'N, 74°53'E), principal holy city of the Sikhs, is the headquarters of a district (Amritsar) in the Punjab. The foundation of the town was laid in 1577 by Guru Ram Das (1534-81) when he inauguarted the digging of the holy tank...
AKAR,
Tags: sahib, shrine, tree, hall, tegh, bahadur, gurdwara, guru, amritsar, room, manji, marking
AKAR, a village in the interior of Patiala district, possesses a historical shrine called Gurdwara Nim Sahib. The Gurdwara commemorates the visit of Guru Tegh Bahadur who, during one of his journeys through the Malva territory, put up here near a mm...
ALAMGIR,
Tags: guru, gurdwara, water, manji, sahib, hall, singh, committee, domed, site, arrow, pool
ALAMGIR, a village in Ludhiana district, 13 km to the southwest of the city (30°54'N, 75°52'E), is famed for its Gurdwara Manji Sahib Patshahi 10. Guru Gobind Singh made a halt in the village as he was travelling after the battle of Chamkaur...
ALAMPUR
Tags: tambu, gurdwara, village, sikh, rule, grant, endowed, land, metres, situated, chhevin, mound
ALAMPUR, village 11 km southwest of Dasuya (31°49'N, 75°39'E) in Hoshiarpur district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), who stayed here for several days during an hunting expedition. The place where he pitched his tents...
ALO HARAKH,
Tags: guru, village, site, sahib, alsun, singh, gurdwara, local, committee, hall, sikh, bangana
ALO HARAKH, village in Sangrur district, has a historical shrine called Gurdwara Sahib Alo Harakh Patshahi Naumi. A low domed Manji Sahib, under an old banyan tree marks the site where Guru Tegh Bahadur once sat arriving from the neighbouring...
AMARGARH,
Tags: gurdwara, local, amargarh, shrine, udasi, priests, early, looked, raipur, called, jhablutti, 20th
AMARGARH, village 3 km east of Goniana Mandi (SOMS`N, 74°54`E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, has an old shrine, Gurdwara Vidyasar Patshahi Satvin, dedicated to Guru Har Rai (1630-61) who, according to local tradition, visited the site...
AGAMPUR
Tags: singh, bhai, sahib, guru, 1700, fort, cremated, kaur, built, mata, gurdwara, holgarh
AGAMPUR - A village, about two km from Anandpur Sahib. There are two Gurdwaras in this village: 1. Holgarh Gurdwara. It was here that Guru Gobind Singh built the Holgarh fort. The hill armies attacked the fort on August 31, 1700. In this battle Bhai...
AJIT GILL
Tags: sahib, guru, singh, gobind, 1706, gurdwara, visit, memory, preserves, gurusar, visited, faridkot
AJIT GILL - A village, about three km from railway station Rumana Albel Singh (district Faridkot), visited by Guru Gobind Singh Sahib, in 1706. Gurdwara Gurusar preserves the memory of the visit of Guru Sahib.
BABA BAKALA
Tags: guru, sahib, bakala, bahadur, tegh, mata, bhora, ganga, hargobind, gurdwara, baba, darbar
BABA BAKALA (31°34`N, 75°16`E), a small town in Amritsar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind and Guru Tegh Bahadur. The original name of the place was Bakala. As Guru Har Krishan lay on his deathbed in Delhi, he was asked by...

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