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Jabalpur has a modern upto date airport. Regular flight services, as well as chartered flights are available. Air Deccan provides regular service to Delhi-Bhopal-Jabalpur. Kingfisher Airlines runs daily flights from Jabalpur to Indore and Mumbai. Jabalpur is well connected to Nagpur, Bhopal, Allahabad and Jaipur by highway systems making motoring easy as well. Indian Airlines plans a Delhi-Jabalpur route. | Jabalpur has a modern upto date airport. Regular flight services, as well as chartered flights are available. Air Deccan provides regular service to Delhi-Bhopal-Jabalpur. Kingfisher Airlines runs daily flights from Jabalpur to Indore and Mumbai. Jabalpur is well connected to Nagpur, Bhopal, Allahabad and Jaipur by highway systems making motoring easy as well. Indian Airlines plans a Delhi-Jabalpur route. | ||
Jabalpur it is well-connected with | Jabalpur it is well-connected with fast trains from Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Howrah, Jaipur, Kota, Lucknow, Nagpur and Patna. | ||
From Jabalpur both highways and a narrow guage railway, which can be crowded at times, lead to Gwari Ghat. The train station is across the river from the Gurdwara. | From Jabalpur both highways and a narrow guage railway, which can be crowded at times, lead to Gwari Ghat. The train station is across the river from the Gurdwara. There are ferries which cross the river and travel as well to the local 'The Marble Rocks' area. | ||
==Local Attractions== | ==Local Attractions== | ||
*Dhuandhar waterfalls near Jabalpur is a major tourist attraction. | *Dhuandhar waterfalls near Jabalpur is a major tourist attraction. | ||
*Jabalpur is also famous for its eroded volcanic rock formations called, The Balancing Rocks of Jabalpur. | *Jabalpur is also famous for its eroded volcanic rock formations called, The Balancing Rocks of Jabalpur. | ||
*'The Marble Rocks' a gorge on the Narmada River where the river narrows to a width of 10 meters carving through a large area of white marble. Their are quarries near here from which marble is exported to sites alover India. | |||
Revision as of 20:42, 26 December 2007
Gurdwara Gwari Ghat Saheb is located at Gwarighat which is a famous stepped embankment (a ghat) alongside the river Narmada in the city of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, India at Coordinates: 23°6'12"N 79°55'30"E.
It is associated with a visit of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism.
The Four Udasis
- Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji undertook four journeys, also known as Udasis (literally a somber state of mind, here - travels), in order to spread his message. He traveled four times in four different directions from his native Punjab. During his first Udasi starting in 1501 CE he traveled to eastern and southern India.
Gurdwara (A Sikh place of worship, lit. the Guru's Door)
- During his return towards the Punjab he stopped at Gwarighat to preach. Gurudwara Gwari Ghat Saheb is situated on the picturesque bank of the Narmada river to commemorate Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji's visit. The Gurdwara complex includes a Langar and a small museum on the history of Sikhi.
A satellite view of the Gurdwara
- Gurdwara Gwari Ghat Saheb with its surrounding grounds and support facilities from wikimapia.org
- Click here > [1] The satellite view is navigable showing the city across the river and the railway. And may even be zoomed out to include all of India where the words Gwari Ghat and Jabalpur dissapear under the word India.
Reaching the Gurdwara
Jabalpur has a modern upto date airport. Regular flight services, as well as chartered flights are available. Air Deccan provides regular service to Delhi-Bhopal-Jabalpur. Kingfisher Airlines runs daily flights from Jabalpur to Indore and Mumbai. Jabalpur is well connected to Nagpur, Bhopal, Allahabad and Jaipur by highway systems making motoring easy as well. Indian Airlines plans a Delhi-Jabalpur route.
Jabalpur it is well-connected with fast trains from Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Howrah, Jaipur, Kota, Lucknow, Nagpur and Patna.
From Jabalpur both highways and a narrow guage railway, which can be crowded at times, lead to Gwari Ghat. The train station is across the river from the Gurdwara. There are ferries which cross the river and travel as well to the local 'The Marble Rocks' area.
Local Attractions
- Dhuandhar waterfalls near Jabalpur is a major tourist attraction.
- Jabalpur is also famous for its eroded volcanic rock formations called, The Balancing Rocks of Jabalpur.
- 'The Marble Rocks' a gorge on the Narmada River where the river narrows to a width of 10 meters carving through a large area of white marble. Their are quarries near here from which marble is exported to sites alover India.
