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ALLAHABAD (25°28\'N, 81°50\'E). Prayag before the reign of Emperor Akbar, was visited by Guru Nanak in the course of Ills first preaching journey to the east in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. In 1666, Guru Tegh Bahadur visited the town and stayed in the house of a devotee in Mohalla Aihiyapur. Gurdwara Tap Asthan (Pakki Sarigat) Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji Patshahi 9 marks the place where Guru Tegh Bahadur had put up. It became a centre for the congregation of Sikh devotees and was called Pakki Sangat (Permanent Congregation).
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CHOHLA, village 4.5 km southeast of Sirhali Kalari (31° 16`N, 74° 56`E) in Amritsar district of the Punjab, is sacred to Guru Arjan (1563-1606). The village was called Bhaini when the Guru visited here. A housewife served him a delicious dish of chohia, broken bread mixed with sugar and butter. Guru Arjan was pleased and blessed her. He also uttered a hymn of thanks giving with the refrain: "The Lord is our life and soul ; He cares for us every where in every respect." Its last line was: "God is our wealth, His Name is our food; this, 0 Nanak, is our chohia."