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'''LUDHIANA''' (30°54'N, 75°52'E), | '''LUDHIANA'''(Punjabi: ਲਧਿਆਣਾ) (30°54'N, 75°52'E), is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in the state of [[Punjab]], in northern [[India]]. It is the largest city in Punjab, with an estimated population of 15 lacs (15,00,000 or 1.5 million). The population increases substantially during the crop harvesting season due to immigration of laborers from states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi. It has an area of about 310 km². The city stands on the [[Sutlej|Sutlej River's]] old bank, 13 km south of its present course. It is a major industrial center of northern India. | ||
shrine, Gurdwara Gau Ghat Patshahi I, situated on the bank of the stream Buddha Nala. According to local tradition, Guru Nanak visited the site in the course of his travels during the early sixteenth century. The local chief, Nawab Jalal uddin Lodhi, living in the fort near by, came to pay obeisance and besought the Guru to save the town from erosion by the River Sutlej. Guru Nanak told him to be sympathetic and just towards his subjects and to leave the rest to God. Only a platform called Thara Sahib existed here to commemorate the Guru's visit until a proper building was constructed in 1972/73. The present building is a small rectangular hall in front of a flatroofed sanctum where two volumes of the Guru Granth Sahib are placed side by side. A sarovar has since been added by diverting the Buddha Nala and reclaiming part of what used to lie in its bed once upon a time. The Gurdwara is affiliated to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and is managed by a local committee. | |||
Ludhiana is centrally located on the National Highway 1 from Delhi to Amritsar, and is connected to the Indian capital city of New Delhi by road and frequent train service. It is the richest district in the state of Punjab, and also includes the most expensive fertile land of all of India. Ludhiana district is considered to be one of the NRI hubs of Punjab. | |||
==Guru's visit== | |||
It has an important historical shrine called, Gurdwara Gau Ghat Patshahi I, situated on the bank of the stream Buddha Nala. According to local tradition, Guru Nanak visited the site in the course of his travels during the early sixteenth century. The local chief, Nawab Jalal uddin Lodhi, living in the fort near by, came to pay obeisance and besought the Guru to save the town from erosion by the River Sutlej. | |||
Guru Nanak told him to be sympathetic and be just towards his subjects and to leave the rest to God. Only a platform called Thara Sahib existed here to commemorate the Guru's visit until a proper building was constructed in 1972/73. The present building is a small rectangular hall in front of a flatroofed sanctum where two volumes of the Guru Granth Sahib are placed side by side. A sarovar has since been added by diverting the Buddha Nala and reclaiming part of what used to lie in its bed once upon a time. The Gurdwara is affiliated to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and is managed by a local committee. | |||
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LUDHIANA(Punjabi: ਲਧਿਆਣਾ) (30°54'N, 75°52'E), is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in the state of Punjab, in northern India. It is the largest city in Punjab, with an estimated population of 15 lacs (15,00,000 or 1.5 million). The population increases substantially during the crop harvesting season due to immigration of laborers from states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi. It has an area of about 310 km². The city stands on the Sutlej River's old bank, 13 km south of its present course. It is a major industrial center of northern India.
Ludhiana is centrally located on the National Highway 1 from Delhi to Amritsar, and is connected to the Indian capital city of New Delhi by road and frequent train service. It is the richest district in the state of Punjab, and also includes the most expensive fertile land of all of India. Ludhiana district is considered to be one of the NRI hubs of Punjab.
Guru's visit
It has an important historical shrine called, Gurdwara Gau Ghat Patshahi I, situated on the bank of the stream Buddha Nala. According to local tradition, Guru Nanak visited the site in the course of his travels during the early sixteenth century. The local chief, Nawab Jalal uddin Lodhi, living in the fort near by, came to pay obeisance and besought the Guru to save the town from erosion by the River Sutlej.
Guru Nanak told him to be sympathetic and be just towards his subjects and to leave the rest to God. Only a platform called Thara Sahib existed here to commemorate the Guru's visit until a proper building was constructed in 1972/73. The present building is a small rectangular hall in front of a flatroofed sanctum where two volumes of the Guru Granth Sahib are placed side by side. A sarovar has since been added by diverting the Buddha Nala and reclaiming part of what used to lie in its bed once upon a time. The Gurdwara is affiliated to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and is managed by a local committee.
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▝ Amritsar (District) ▝ Barnala ▝ Bathinda ▝ Firozpur ▝ Faridkot ▝ Fatehgarh ▝ Gurdaspur ▝ Hoshiarpur ▝ Jalandhar ▝ Kapurthala ▝ Ludhiana ▝ Mansa ▝ Moga ▝ Muktsar ▝ Nawanshahr ▝ Patiala ▝ Rupnagar ▝ Mohali ▝ Sangrur (District) ▝ Tarn Taran ▝ |
