Why visit Basi
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks in and around town.
Highlights include Khanda Museum.
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About Basi
Bassi Pathana is a historical city and a municipal council in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the state of Punjab, India. It is well known for being Asia's first market for sewing machines. Bassi Pathana is the founder of the First Sewing Machine and its key parts in Asia in the 1920s. India's first sewing machine was manufactured by Pt.
From the Wikipedia article Bassi Pathana (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks2
Khanda Museum
Museum · 4.2 km
Community museum in Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India
Healthcare8
History
According to legend, Bassi Pathana was founded in 1540. As the name suggests, it was a city of Muslim Pathans. After this place was visited by the 9th Sikh master Guru Teg Bahadur Ji they changed the city name to Bassi i.e. Bassi Pathanan.
Bassi Pathana was visited by the 9th Sikh Master Guru Teg Bahadur Ji and the 10th Sikh Master Guru Gobind Singh Ji. There is one Historical Gurdwara (Sikh temple) in the city in their memory.
A temple of Sh. Sant Namdev Ji is also situated in this city.
This historic city has one temple named Brahamghat, where a sage called Rishi Ajgaiwanand is said to have meditated here for years. During one of those meditation sessions, someone came to check whether he was meditating or not and put his leg in the Agni (Fire) which is traditionally lit while meditating. He was so involved in meditation that he did not realize that he had lost his leg in the fire. When his disciples saw that he had lost his leg, they made a leg of wood and brass. He was so delighted with this gesture that he blessed this city and said that no misfortune can ever strike this city. If misfortune is sensed then this leg (after his death) should be moved through each house and misfortune will go away. Its popular temple is Shri Usha Mata Ji Mandir near Brahamghat Temple.
From the History section of Bassi Pathana on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Basi
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Getting there and nearby towns
Chandigarh International Airport (IXC) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 37 km away.
- Mohali 31 km east, about 31 min by car
- Chandigarh 37 km east, about 37 min by car
- Patiāla 39 km south, about 39 min by car
- Mani Mājra 42 km east, about 42 min by car
- Panchkula 43 km east, about 43 min by car
- Māler Kotla 53 km west, about 53 min by car
- Ludhiana 58 km northwest, about 58 min by car
- Naraingarh 73 km east, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Phagwāra 84 km northwest, about 1 h 30 min by car
- Shimla 86 km northeast, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Bassi skyline, Salh13791, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Khanda Museum Fatehgarh Sahib, Quality check, CC BY-SA 4.0
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