Tanda Urmar

Situated at a distance of 16 km from Dasuya the tahsil headquarters, Tanda Urmar falls on the Jullundur City-Mukerian-Pathankot-Jammu Tawi line of the Northern Railway. By road, it is linked with Hoshiarpur, Jullundur, Kapurthala and Amritsar. Tanda Urmar consists of two localities about 1.5 km apart. Urmar and Tanda. The municipality of Tanda Urmar also includes Ahyapur and Darapur.

There is a famous Muhammadan shrine of the saint Sakhi Sarwar at Ahyapur at which an annual fair is held. Besides there are four darghas (tombs_ of Muhammadan saints and a Dera Mastgarh at Tanda. There is also Buta Bhagat Ashram at Darapur and a fair lasting for three days is held here annually in the month of June. Musical gathering are held every year in the months of March-April at the smadh of Baba Hargobing (Urmar), which is stated to be about a century old.

At a distance of 5 km from Tanda Urmar on the Tanda Urmar-Kapurthala road there is a gurdwara built in the memory of Guru Hargobind at village Pukhta. The Guru is said to have stayed here on his way to Garna Sahib. A fair is held here annually on Baisakhi Day.