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    LAHILI KALAN

    LAHILI KALAN, village 15 km southeast of Hoshiarpur (31°32`N, 75°55`E) in the Punjab, has an historical shrine, Gurudwara Jand Sahib Patshahl VII, raised in honour of Guru Har Rai, who visited the site during a journey from Kiratpur to Kartarpur. The Gurdwara is a high ceilinged hall, with a square

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LAHORE

    LAHORE (31°35`N, 74°20`E), pronounced Lahaur, provincial capital of West Punjab in Pakistan, lies on the left bank of the River Ravi. Hindu tradition attributes its founding to Lava, son of Lord Rama, but it is neither mentioned in the Greek accounts of Alexander`s invasion (326 BC) nor described by

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LAKHAN MAJRA

    LAKHAN MAJRA, a village in Rohtak district of Haryana, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib, commemorating the visit of Guru Tegh Bahadur who, halted here while travelling from Jind to Delhi. A single roomed shrine marked the site until after 1947 when immigrants from Pakistan to Delhi

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LAKHISAR

    LAKHISAR, a small habitation in the neighbourhood of Goniana Mandi (30°18`N, 74°54`E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, is famous for the historical shrine, Gurdwara Lakkhi Jangal, raised in honour of Guru Gobind Singh. According to Sikh tradition,the name Lakkhi Jangal was given this semi desert tract by Guru

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LAKHNAUR

    LAKHNAUR, 10 km south of Ambala City (30"23`N, 76"47`E), was the ancestral village of Mata Gujari, mother of Guru Gobind Singh. Returning in 1670 to Patna after his long eastern journey, Guru Tegh Bahadur asked his family to travel straight to Lakhnaur, while he himself made a detour and went

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • April 27, 2007
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    LAKSHMlPUR

    LAKSHMlPUR, in Katihar district of Bihar, is predominantly a Sikh village and has a historical shrine dedicated to Guru Tegh Bahadur. The ancestors of the inhabitants of this village lived in Kantnagar, a flourishing port on the left bank of the River Ganga, and it was in fact this latter

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LAMBE

    LAMBE, a village 6 km from Chandigarh (^(y`^`N, 76"47`E) has a shrine called Gurdwara Amb Sahib Ji Patshahi 7. The Gurdwara commemorates the visit of Guru Har Rai who came and stayed here in a mango grove belonging to a devotee, Bhai Kakru. A tree believed to be the

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LAMBVALI

    LAMBVALI, village 11 km northeast of Jaito (30°26°N, 74°53°E) in Faridkot dislrici of the Punjab, claims a historical gurudwara established in honour of Guru Gobind Sihgh who made a brief halt here sojourning in these pans towards the close of 1705. Tradition persists in the village about visits by Guru

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LAMMAN

    LAMMAN, also known as Lammah Jatpura, in Ludhiana district, is 14 km from Raikot (30°39°N.`75°37°E) on the Guru Gobind Sihgh Marg. Guru Gobind Sihgh stayed in the village for a few days in December 1705 on his way from Chamkaur to Dina and Kahgar. While Rai Kalha had despatched

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LANG

    LANG, a village 11 km northwest of Patiala city (30°20`N, `ZG^G`E), claims a historical shrine called Gurdwara Dukh Bhanjan Sahib Patshahi Nauvin. The designation Dukh Bhanjan is only a recent addition, the old name coming down the generations being Gurdwara NauvTri Patshahi. According to local tradition. Guru Tegh Bahadur

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LEHAL KALAN

    LEHAL KALAN, village 9 km southeast of Lahira (29°56`N, 75°48`E), in Sarigrur district of the Punjab, was visited by Guru Tegh Bahadur, who halted briefly on a sandy mound, about 400 metres west of the village. An old farmer, Arak by name, served him, and received instruction from him. Bhai

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LITTAR
    LITTAR, village in Ludhiana district, 8 km northeast of Raikot (30°39`N, 75°37`E), has a historical shrine, Gurdwara ManjT Sahib Chheviri Patshahi. The Gurdwara was established in memory of Guru Hargobind, who is said to have stayed here briefly under a kanr tree during his sojourn in the Malva area in
    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LOPON

    LOPON, village 25 km southeast of Moga (30°48`N, 75"10`E) in Faridkot district, was visited by Guru Hargobind during one of his tours in these parts. Gurdwara Guru Sar on the southern outskirts of the village commemorates the event. Constructed by Giani Indar Singh of Bhindran in 1960, the present

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    LUDHIANA

    LUDHIANA (30°54`N, 75°52`E), one of the major cities in the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdwara Gau Ghat Patshala I, situated on the bank of the stream Buddha Nala. According to local tradition, Guru Nanak visited the site in the course of Ins travels during the early sixteenth century. The

    • Maninder S Gujral
    • December 19, 2000
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    • October 24, 2009
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