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Sikh pilgrimage

Sacred Gurdwaras, corridor routes, and stays near Nankana and Kartarpur.

Key Places

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Punjab

Nankana Sahib

Birthplace of Guru Nanak, GreenPak Hotel Nankana nearby.

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Kartarpur Sahib

Cross-border corridor pilgrimage; permits required.

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Panja Sahib

Hassan Abdal, major Sikh heritage site.

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Gurdwara Bal Lila Sahib, Nankana Sahib

Where the child Nanak played, about 225 metres south-east of the Janam Asthan in Nankana Sahib.

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Gurdwara Patti Sahib, Nankana Sahib

Where the young Nanak studied with his teachers and composed the Patti in Rag Asa.

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Gurdwara Kiara Sahib, Nankana Sahib

Where the young Nanak's buffaloes grazed a farmer's field, which was found green and undamaged.

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Gurdwara Mal Ji Sahib, Nankana Sahib

Where a cobra is said to have shaded the sleeping child Nanak as he grazed his buffaloes.

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Gurdwara Tambu Sahib, Nankana Sahib

The tent-like van tree where Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana sheltered after the 'true bargain', still standing.

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Gurdwaras Panjvin and Chhevin Patshahi, Nankana Sahib

Twin shrines of Guru Arjan and Guru Hargobind near Tambu Sahib, sharing one boundary wall.

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Gurdwara Guru Arjan Sahib, Bucheki

A domed gurdwara in Bucheki, where Guru Arjan came from Nankana Sahib.

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Gurdwara Nihang Singhan, Nankana Sahib

The Nihang Singhs' own prakash place in Nankana Sahib, beside Gurdwara Tambu Sahib.

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Gurdwara Sacha Sauda, Farooqabad

The fort-like gurdwara where the young Guru Nanak spent his father's twenty rupees feeding hungry ascetics, his 'true bargain'.

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Gurdwara Sach Khand, Chuhrkana

A domed gurdwara in the fields near Sacha Sauda, where the tale of the merchant's sugar and sand is told.

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Gurdwara Rori Sahib, Eminabad

Where Guru Nanak sat on a bed of pebbles and was taken prisoner by Babur's army in 1521.

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Gurdwara Khui Bhai Lalo, Eminabad

The house and well of Bhai Lalo, the carpenter whose plain bread Guru Nanak chose over a rich man's feast.

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Gurdwara Bhai Lalo Ji, Tatliali

A three-storey, domed gurdwara of 1939, paid for by Sikh sangats in Africa, in the centre of Tatliali.

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Gurdwara Khara Sahib, Bhaike Mattu

Where Guru Hargobind told a smoker named Hargobind to give up tobacco, and he became a disciple.

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Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi, Kotli Bhaga

A small gurdwara of Guru Hargobind where the pipal tree he sat under still stands.

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Gurdwara Damdama Sahib Baba Sahib Singh Bedi, Gujranwala

A large gurdwara right beside the railway line at Gujranwala, built for the preacher Baba Sahib Singh Bedi.

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Haveli of Hari Singh Nalwa, Gujranwala

The ancestral mansion in Gujranwala's Kasera Bazaar where the Sikh general Hari Singh Nalwa was born.

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Samadh of Sardar Charat Singh, Gujranwala

The samadh of Charat Singh, founder of the Sukerchakia Misl and grandfather of Ranjit Singh.

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Samadh of Sardar Mahan Singh, Gujranwala

The samadh of Mahan Singh, Ranjit Singh's father, built by the Maharaja in a corner of Sheranwala Bagh.

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Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi, Rasul Nagar

A small domed darbar in Rasul Nagar, on the Chenab, where Guru Hargobind stopped between Wazirabad and Hafizabad.

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Gurdwara Panjvin Patshahi (site), Chak Ram Das

Where Guru Arjan stayed at Chak Ram Das for love of Bhai Prana; the gurdwara has vanished.

Planning Notes

Confirm festival dates and corridor paperwork early.
Modest dress and head covering on site.
Combine Punjab stays for multi-gurdwara loops.

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