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{{pm|Image:Nankanasahibbb.jpg|[[Gurdwara Janam Asthan]], [[Nankana Sahib]]}}
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'''[[Nankana Sahib]]''' {{coor d|31.26|N|73.42|E}} is named after [[Guru Nanak]] (1469-1539), the founder of the [[Sikhism|Sikh faith]]. Guru Nanak was born here on [[Baisakh]] sudi 3, 1526 Bk/ [[15 April]] [[1469]]. Nankana town is part of Nankana Sahib District in the [[Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]]. This district is adjacent to [[Sheikhupura]] district and until 2005 was part of this district.  
'''[[Nankana Sahib]]''' is named after [[Guru Nanak]] ([[1469]]-[[1539]]), the founder of the [[Sikhism|Sikh faith]]. Guru Nanak was born here on [[Baisakh]] sudi 3, 1526 Bk/ [[15 April]] [[1469]].  


The old name of town was '''Talvandi Rai Bhoe Ki''' or "Talvandi of Rai Bhoe", a [[Muslim]] Rajput of the Bhatti clan and a retainer of the Delhi rulers of the early fifteenth century. His descendant, [[Rai Bular]], the chief of Talvandi, was a contemporary of Guru Nanak. The town has nine [[gurdwara]]s including the [[Gurdwara Janam Asthan]] which marks the birth place of Guru Nanak Dev.  
Nankana town is part of Nankana Sahib District in the [[Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]]. This district is adjacent to [[Sheikhupura]] district and until 2005 was part of this district.
 
The old name of this town was '''Talvandi Rai Bhoe Ki''' or "Talvandi of Rai Bhoe", a [[Muslim]] Rajput of the Bhatti clan and a retainer of the Delhi rulers of the early fifteenth century.  
 
His descendant, [[Rai Bular]], the chief of Talvandi, was a contemporary of Guru Nanak. The town has nine [[gurdwara]]s including the [[Gurdwara Janam Asthan]] which marks the birth place of [[Guru Nanak Dev]].  


The first 15 or 16 years of Guru Nanak's life were spent at Talvandi. Later, he shifted to [[Sultanpur Lodhi]], in present day [[Kapurthala]] district of the [[Punjab]], where his sister [[Bibi Nanaki]] lived. From there he set out on his long preaching odysseys, visiting his parents at Talvandi only now and then, his last visit to his native place being in 1510. Several shrines in the town, raised long after his death, mark the places where he was born, where he played with other children, where he studied and where he tended his father's cattle.<!---
The first 15 or 16 years of Guru Nanak's life were spent at Talvandi. Later, he shifted to [[Sultanpur Lodhi]], in present day [[Kapurthala]] district of the [[Punjab]], where his sister [[Bibi Nanaki]] lived. From there he set out on his long preaching odysseys, visiting his parents at Talvandi only now and then, his last visit to his native place being in 1510. Several shrines in the town, raised long after his death, mark the places where he was born, where he played with other children, where he studied and where he tended his father's cattle.<!---


The state government has ambitious plans for the area and has prepared plans to develop Nankana Sahib with various projects including a rest house for Sikh pilgrims, a new hotel, a shopping mall, a housing scheme, a world class university, modern schools, a modern hospital and a road-link to the Lahore-Faisalabad dual-carriage way. A trans-national bus link is proposed that would operate between Nankana Sahib and [[Amritsar]] of Punjab in [[India]]. The town is located about 75 kilometres west-southwest of [[Lahore]] and about 40 km south-west of [[Sheikhpura]].---> {{aowf|Nankana Sahib}}
The state government has ambitious plans for the area and has prepared plans to develop Nankana Sahib with various projects including a rest house for Sikh pilgrims, a new hotel, a shopping mall, a housing scheme, a world class university, modern schools, a modern hospital and a road-link to the Lahore-Faisalabad dual-carriage way. A trans-national bus link is proposed that would operate between Nankana Sahib and [[Amritsar]] of Punjab in [[India]]. The town is located about 75 kilometres west-southwest of [[Lahore]] and about 40 km south-west of [[Sheikhpura]].---> {{aowf|Nankana Sahib}}

Latest revision as of 22:08, 15 January 2012

Nankana Sahib is named after Guru Nanak (1469-1539), the founder of the Sikh faith. Guru Nanak was born here on Baisakh sudi 3, 1526 Bk/ 15 April 1469.

Nankana town is part of Nankana Sahib District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. This district is adjacent to Sheikhupura district and until 2005 was part of this district.

The old name of this town was Talvandi Rai Bhoe Ki or "Talvandi of Rai Bhoe", a Muslim Rajput of the Bhatti clan and a retainer of the Delhi rulers of the early fifteenth century.

His descendant, Rai Bular, the chief of Talvandi, was a contemporary of Guru Nanak. The town has nine gurdwaras including the Gurdwara Janam Asthan which marks the birth place of Guru Nanak Dev.

The first 15 or 16 years of Guru Nanak's life were spent at Talvandi. Later, he shifted to Sultanpur Lodhi, in present day Kapurthala district of the Punjab, where his sister Bibi Nanaki lived. From there he set out on his long preaching odysseys, visiting his parents at Talvandi only now and then, his last visit to his native place being in 1510. Several shrines in the town, raised long after his death, mark the places where he was born, where he played with other children, where he studied and where he tended his father's cattle. .....More