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AADUPORH SAHIB, GURUDWARA

AADUPORH SAHIB, GURUDWARA

The Gurdwara Aaduporh is a historical shrine commemorating the visit of Guru Hargobind Ji. Guru Ji came to the site...

AARTI

AARTI

AARTI: The word Aarati is a combination of two words Aa (without) + raatri (night), According to popular Hindi diction,...

AATMA

AATMA

AATMA: Aatma (self) is the element (part, fraction) of Paramaatma (Supreme Soul) in human being. Hence Aatma and Parmaatma are...

ABBOTT, SIR JAMES

ABBOTT, SIR JAMES

ABBOTT, SIR JAMES (1807-1896), British Resident\'s assistant at Lahore, capital of the sikh kingdom, after the first Anglo - Sikh...

ABCHAL NAGAR

ABCHAL NAGAR

ABCHAL NAGAR, more correctly spelt Abichalnagar (abichal, lit. firmly fixed, unshakably rooted), i.e. City Everlasting, is the name Sikh tradition...

ABD US-SAMAD KHAN

ABD US-SAMAD KHAN

ABD USSAMAD KHAN (d. 1737), governor of Lahore from 1713 to 1726, a descendant of the Naqashbandi saint `Abdulla Ahrar,...

ABDHUT/AUDHUT/AVADHUT

ABDHUT/AUDHUT/AVADHUT

ABDHUT/AUDHUT/AVADHUT A kind of Hindu devotee who worships Shiva. neglects the ceremonies of religion, and goes naked, with the body...

ABDUL RASUL KASHMIRI

ABDUL RASUL KASHMIRI

ABDUL RASUL KASHMIRI, a native of Srinagar who was in trade at Amritsar as a shawl merchant, was for a...

ABDULLA BHAI

ABDULLA BHAI

'ABDULLA BHAI', Abdul according to some Sikh chroniclers, was a Muslim minstrel who recited heroic balladry at Sikh congregations in...

ABDULLA, KHWAJA

ABDULLA, KHWAJA

ABDULLA, KHWAJA, a native of Mani Majra, near present day Chandigarh, was the keeper of the jail at Chandni Chowk...

ABHICH

ABHICH

  ABHICH,According to Indian astrology \'Abhich\' is the name of a certain conjunction of planets which is regarded as auspicious...

ABUL FAZL

ABUL FAZL

ABUL FAZL (1551-1602), principal secretary-cum-minister to Akbar, the Mughal emperor. He was an accomplished man of learning and was the...

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