If you are interested in a pilgrimage trip to the Gurudwaras of Punjab, Amritsar - Dera Baba Nanak -Qadian-Kala naur-Gurdaspur-Pathankot is one of the best tourist circuits in Punjab. This tourist circuit commences at Amritsar, where you can visit the holy places like Golden Temple, Durgiana Mandir, and Gurdwara Shaheed Baba Deep Singh. We have to travel for 55km from Amritsar to reach Dera Baba Nanak.
This place is popular among Sikhs because Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Guru of the sikhs spent the last days of his life at this place. It is situated in the Gurdaspur district, on the banks of river Ravi Dera Baba Nanak are Sri Darbar Sahib and Sri Chola Sahib are two Gurudwaras located here.
From Dera Baba Nanak we travel towards Qadian, 18 Kilometers on the east of Batala city. If we access the town from Gurdaspur Via Kahnuwan-Kot-Todarmal, the distance is 26 Kilometers. Qadian is a holy place of the Ahmedyia Sect of the Muslims, spread all over the world.
The Messiah of the sect Hazrat Mirrza Gulam Ahmad was born here. It is believed that Qadian was constituted in 1530 AD. The town was named as Qazi after Mirza Hadi Baig, the first Qazi of the region. It was later transformed into Islam Pur Qazi, then it became QaziMaji and from qadi it became Quadian.
Some of the popular tourist places in Gurdaspur are Mahakaleshwar Temple At Kalanaur, Barath Sahib, Baradari the Summer Resort of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji at Dina Nagar, Pandori Dham Temple at Pandori Mahantan, Achaleshwar Temple, Gurudwara Sri Kandh Sahib, Shrine of Brave Haqiqat Rai.
On the slopes of Kangra and Dalhousie, Pathankot is located. People come here to enjoy the scenic beauty of the place.
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