Why visit Derā Nānak
Townapedia lists 3 museums and landmarks in and around town.
Highlights include Kartarpur Corridor.
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About Derā Nānak
Dera Baba Nanak is a town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur district, in the state of Punjab, India. It is the sub-district headquarters of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil. It is 36 km away from Gurdaspur city, the capital of the district. In November 2019, a corridor between India and Pakistan was established at its shrine.
From the Wikipedia article Dera Baba Nanak (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museums and landmarks3
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Dershan Sthal
Monument and historic site · 1.2 km
Devoties can see the secrade Shri Kartarpur Sahib from this place.
Churches and places of worship2
Healthcare3
History
Dera Baba Nanak, one of the most sacred places of the Sikhs, is situated on the banks of river Ravi. Three famous Gurudwaras at Dera Baba Nanak are Sri Darbar Sahib, Sri Chola Sahib and Tahli Sahib (Gurudwara of BaBa Sri Chand ji) eldest son of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru. Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru settled and is believed to have "mingled with the Almighty" near the village Pakhoke Mehmaran, opposite to the present town and named it Kartarpur - a town which lies over the border in Pakistan. The Bedis (Khatris), descendants of Guru Nanak built a new town and named it Dera Baba Nanak after their ancestor.
There are many Bedi descendants of Guru Nanak at Dera Baba Nanak, located near Kartarpur. Much of the land at Dera Baba Nanak is owned by Nanak's descendants and a robe, known as a chola sahib, with Quranic inscriptions said to have been owned by Nanak is kept here. The robe is believed to have been worn by Guru Nanak during his udasi (travels) to Mecca and Medina in Arabia. The robe was passed-down in four subsequent generations of descendants until it was preserved as a sacred relic. In 1895, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Ahmadiyya prophet, examined the robe in an attempt to prove that Guru Nanak was a Muslim.
From the History section of Dera Baba Nanak on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Derā Nānak
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Getting there and nearby towns
Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (ATQ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 43 km away.
- Shakar 8 km southeast, about 8 min by car
- Kalanaur 12 km east, about 12 min by car
- Rām Dās 14 km southwest, about 14 min by car
- Narowal 16 km northwest, about 16 min by car
- Fazilpur 16 km north, about 16 min by car
- Fatehgarh Chūriān 20 km south, about 20 min by car
- Qadian 41 km southeast, about 41 min by car
- Amritsar 48 km south, about 48 min by car
- Jammu 79 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Kapurthala Town 80 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
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Photo credits
- Entrance of the Kartarpur Sahib Corridor (or Nanak Marg) from Dera Baba Nanak side of Indian border 02, Harvinder Chandigarh, CC BY-SA 4.0
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