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Ram Tirth,
Amritsar
Location
11Kilometres west of
Amritsar on Chogawan
road, dates back to
the period of
Ramayana, Rishi
Balmiki's hermitage.
The place has an
ancient tank and
many temples. A hut
marks the site where
Mata Sita gave birth
to Luv & Kush and
also, still extant
are Rishi Balmiki's
hut and the well
with stairs where
Mata Sita used to
take her bath. The
Bedis of Punjab
(Guru Nanak Dev ji,
the founder Prophet
of Sikhism was a
Bedi) trace their
descent from Kush
and Sodhis (the 10th
Prophet of Sikhism,
Guru Gibind Singh ji
was a Sodhi) from
Luv. A four day
fair, since times
immemorial is held
here starting on the
full moon night in
November. |
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Durgiana Mandir,
Amritsar
: ( Lakshmi Narain
Temple )
Built in the third
decade of the 20th
Century it echoes,
not the traditional
Hindu temple
architecture, but
that of the Golden
temple and, in a
similar manner rises
from the midst of a
tank and has
canopies and the
central dome in the
style of the Sikh
temple. Its
foundation stone was
laid by one of the
greatest reformers
and political
leaders of resurgent
India, Pandit Madan
Mohan Malviya. It is
a well-known
repository of Hindu
scriptures. |
Bhagwathi Mandir,
Maisar Khanna,
Bathinda City
Its history goes
back to the 17th
Century AD. The
locality of the city
in which this temple
is located formed a
part of a village,
then called Khanna.
People from this
village were the
devotees of Jawala
Mukhi temple in
Kangra. Once, when
Kamala Bhagt of this
village and another
holy person Kali
Nath were proceeding
towards the Jawala
Mukhi temple,
Bhagwati Mata, the
deity of Jawala
Mukhi appeared
before them, almost
two kilometers
before their
destination the
moment they had lit
fire to pray. She
blessed the devotees
and told Kamala
Bhagat that in
future, he need not
come to a pilgrimage
to Jawala Mukhi
because his worship
at his village will
be sanctified as his
worship at her
abode. Since then a
religious fair is
held at this place
twice in a year. |
Shiv Mandhir,
Gur-mandi, Jalandhar
The Mandir dates
back of the Lodhi
Era. It is said that
the Nawab of
Sultanpur Lodhi, in
whose territory the
city of Jalandhar
then fell hadeyed a
newly married Hindu
girl whom he had
wanted to make an
object of his lust.
She was the devotee
of lord Shiva whose
serpent saved her
honour. Awed by the
appearance of this
serpent he had
begged pardon from
the girl and on her
bidding he had got
this temple built.
The temple has an
unusual
architecture. Its
main gate is built
in the style of a
mosque while the
rest of the building
is in Hindu style. |
Panch Mandir,
Kapurthala Town
It was got built by
the founder of the
Kapurthala State,
Fateh Singh
Ahluwalia. The prime
dome in the centre
is surrounded by
several smaller
temples dedicated to
different deities.
It is the most
striking building in
the city of wonder
architecture. Its
replica was
exhibited in the
pre-partition Punjab
Museum at Lahore. |
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