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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
KHALRA, village 27 km northwest of the tahsil township of Patti (31017`N. 74°52`E) in Amritsar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Nanak (14691539), who passed through here during his travels in these parts. The old shrine commemorating the visit was destroyed during the IndoPakisian war of 1965. A
BHAGU, village in Bathinda district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh, who stopped here overnight on his way from Bhuchcho to Bathinda in 1706. Gurdwara Dasvin Patshahi marks the site where the Guru had encamped. The old shrine, a small domed room, was replaced during the early
SAHIB GANJ (2513N, 87"38`E), a town in Santhal Pargana district of Bihar, was visited by Guru Tegh Bahadur in 1666. He is said to have stayed here at the Old Nanak Shahi Sangat, commemorating Guru Nanak`s visit in the early sixteenth century. The Sangat still exists. The Guru Granth Sahib
SANGAT RAI (d. 1696), also referred to in Sikh chronicles as Sangatia Singh, was, according to Guru Gobind Singh`s autobiographical Bachitra Natak, sent on an embassy of peace to the court of Raja Gopal of Guler. At that time a Mughal commander, Husain Khan marching upon Anandpur was extorting along
KURALI (30°48`N, 76°35`E), a town in Ropar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Hargobind, who halted here on his way back from Kurukshetra to Kiratpur in 1638. Gurdwara Sri Hargobindgarh Sahib commemorates his visit. Initially, a platform and a modest hut marked the site. The Gurdwara now
PANGAT, from Sanskrit pankti (lit. a row, line, series, or a group, assembly, company), stands in Sikh terminology for commensality or sitting together on the ground in a row to partake of food from a common kitchen regardless of caste, creed, sex, age or social status. Pangat is thus a
PATNA (25° 37`N, 85°10`E), ancient Pataliputra, now capital of Bihar state, is one of the most sacred places of pilgrimage for Sikhs. It is the birthplace of their Tenth Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, and one of their seats of high religious authority. For this reason it is designated a
PHARVAHI, a village 5 km southeast of Barnala (30°22`N, 75°32`E) in Sangrur district of the Punjab, has a historical gurdwara dedicated to Guru Tegh Bahadur who, according to local tradition, arrived here from Katlu in 1665 and stayed overnight. It is said that when the sangat requested the Guru
PATSHAHI CHHEVIN LAHORE, GURUDWARA This place, that was hallowed by the holy touch of the feet of the Sixth Guru Hargobind Sahib, is situated inside Bhatti Darwaza in the Chumalah Muhalla. The Guru accepted the request of the Lahore Sangat and stayed for three days at the house of Bhai
SAN GAT, Punjabi form of the Sanskrit term sarigti, means company, fellowship, association. In Sikh vocabulary, the word has a special connotation. It stands for the body of men and women met religiously, especially in (lie presence of the Guru Granth Sahib. Two other expressions carrying the same connotation
SANDHVAN, village 13 km northeast of Phagwara (31° 14`N, 75° 46E),in Nawashahr district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine dedicated to Guru Har Rai (1630-61), who passed through here while on his way from Kartarpur to Kiratpur. The shrine, called Gurdwara Danda Sahib Sri Guru Har Rai Sahib
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