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Kasur
Kasur District · Punjab, Pakistan
Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi, Alpa
Guru Nanak's stop at Alpa on the Ravi, coming from Nankana; three empty rooms remain.
Prakash was once held here and a fair at Vaisakhi; a village called Chota Nanakiana Alpa has grown up around the site. Three old rooms, once a government school, mark the site.
Why go
- ✦Guru Nanak's stop at Alpa on the Ravi, coming from Nankana
- ✦A village, Chota Nanakiana Alpa, has grown up around the site
- ✦Once home to a Vaisakhi fair
History
The Village Alpa is in tehsil Chunian of Kasur district. A road from Pattoki leads towards the River Ravi. Halla, a well known town lies on this road and is famous being a dairy farming. Alpa is located at a distance of twelve kilometer from Halla right on the bank of River Ravi. Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Ji arrived in this Village from Nankana and stayed for a while. Earlier this Shrine was about four kilometers outside Village Alpa but now a Village called Chota Nanakiana Alpa has been built here. Once upon a time Prakash used to take place here and fair used to be held on Visakhi. Only three rooms stand now which housed a Govt School. The roofs have caved in. There is a huge estate endowed in the name of this Shrine in this as well as in some other Villages
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, October to March, avoiding the monsoon, when the Ravi runs high beside Alpa, 12 km from Halla. The three old rooms stand in Chota Nanakiana Alpa village; see them from outside on a dry winter day.
Getting there, At Chota Nanakiana Alpa, on the bank of the Ravi 12 km from Halla on the Pattoki–Halla road, tehsil Chunian, Kasur district.
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