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KOTKAPURA (30°35`N, 74°49`E), town in FarTdkot district of the Punjab, was founded by Ghaudhari Kzpura (d. 1708), a Brar chief in the country south of the River Sutlej and an ancestor of the Faridkot family. When after evacuating Anandpur Guru Gobind Singh arrived here in December 1705 pursued by the
KHARA, village 7 km northwest of Tarn Taran (31°27`N, 74"56`E) along the AmriisarTarn Taran road, has two historical Gurudwaras dedicated to Guru Arjan (15631606), who sojourned here while the sarovar at Tarn Taran was being dug. GURDWARA MANJl SAHIB located inside the village marks the house where Guru Arjan used
KHANDUR, village 23 km southwest of Ludhiana, has an historical shrine dedicated to Guru Hargobind who visited the site in the course of his travels in these parts. The Gurdwara is located inside the village and consists of a Mariji Sahib, the sanctum, and a divan hall. The sanctum, which
KHAIHRA, village 6 km southwest of Gurusar Satlani railway station in Amritsar district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine sacred to Guru Hargobind, who once passed through here on his way from Lahore to Amritsar. Gurdwara Baoli Sahib Patshahi Chheviri, named after the bdoli, a well with steps going
KEVAL, village, now in Sirsa district of Haryana and 17 km south ofTalvandi Sabo (29°59`N, 75°5`E), is where, according to Sdkhi Pothi, Guru Gobind Singh, leaving Talvandi Sabo for the South on 30 October 1706, made his first overnight halt. Gurdwara Patshahi X, a square hall with the domed sanctum
KARTARPUR (31°26`N, 75°30`E), municipal town famous for its furniture industry, 15 km northwest ofJalandhar along Sher Shah Sun Marg in the Punjab, was founded by Guru Arjan (15631606) in 1594 on land granted during the reign of Emperor Akhar (15561605). Guru Arjan`s successor. Guru Hargobind (15951644), resided here too for
KANECH, village 20 km southeast of Ludhiana (30°54`N, 75°52`E), has a historical gurudwara called Manji Sahib Patshahi Dasviri. Guru Gobind Singh stopped in this village for a short time in the course of his journey from Machhivara into interior of Malva in December 1705. He was still disguised as the
KAMALPUR, village 22 km souihwest of Samana (30011`N, 76°irE) in the Punjab, commemorates both Guru Nanak and Guru Hargobind. Two separate shrines mark the sites visited by them. The one dedicated to Guru Nanak is only a small Manji Sahib on a mound to the north of the village. The
BHUNDAR, village 7 km south of Rampura Phul (30° 16`N, 75° 14`E) in Bathinda district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdwara Sahib Chhevin Patshahi, commemorating the visit of Guru Hargobind in 1634. The Gurdwara, situated on the northern edge of the village, comprises an old domed structure and
PHAGWARA (31°14`n, 75°46`E), an industrial town along the Sher Shah Suri Marg (Grand Trunk Road) in Kapurthala district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who passed through here on his way to Kiratpur after the battle of Kartarpur (M) 1635). Two historical gurdwaras within the limits of
RAMPUR village about 3 km from Doraha (30°42`N. 76″1`E) in Ludhiana district, has a historical shrine called Gurdwara Reru Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh, while travelling from Machhivara into the interior of Malva country, is believed to have stayed here briefly under a reru (Mimosa leucophloea} tree. Hence the name of
PHAGGUVAIA, village 19 km cast of Sangrur (30°14`N, 75°50`E) in the Punjab, has a historical shrine dedicated to Guru Tegh Bahadur, who halted here during one of his travels through the Malva country. Gurdwara Patshahi Naumi, to the south of the village, marks the site where the Guru had
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