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    KATANI KALAN,
    KATANI KALAN, a village about 25 km from Ludhiana (30°54`N, 75052`E). is famous for the historical shrine Gurdwara Patshahi Chhevin Ate Dasvin, commonly known as Katana Sahib. Katani is believed to have been visited by Guru Hargobind during his journey through the Malva country in 163134. Guru Gobind Singh passed
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    GURU MANGAT
    GURU MANGAT, a village close to Lahore Cantonment, is sacred to Guru Hargobind (15951644), who visited it during his stay at Muzarig. Gurdwara Patshahi VI, a domed building with a gilded pinnacle about 400 metres southwest of the village, stood on the site where the Guru had sojourned. The shrine
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    BHUP SINGH, SARDAR,

    BHUP SINGH, SARDAR, remembered as Raja Bhup Singh in local lore, was the chief of the Sikh principality of Ropar, during the earlier half of the nineteenth century. Little is known about his life except that in 1808-09 he, along with Deva Singh, was in possession of Ropar and

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    BHANDARA

    BHANDARA from bhandar (Skt. bhandara = bhanda, vessel, implement, + agara, house, meaning storehouse, depository, treasure house) has been used in this literal sense in Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book of the Sikhs. In extended connotation the term stands for a feast given especially for yogis and sannyasins, or

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