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About Guru Har Sahāi
Guru Har Sahai is a city and a municipal council in Ferozepur district in the Indian state of Punjab. Nearby cities are Ferozepur (40 km northeast), Sri Muktsar Sahib (30 km south), Fazilka (65 km southwest), Bathinda (84 km southeast).
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History
The city is named after Har Sahai (1725 – 1750), who was the direct descendant of the fourth Sikh guru, the Guru Ram Das, in the eighth generation. The Pothimala building was built in 1705 and the locality of Guru Har Sahai was founded in 1745 by Har Sahai's father, Guru Jiwan Mal (born 1694), who was a direct descendant of the fourth Sikh guru, Ram Das, in the seventh generation. Guru Har Sahai was also the eighth Gaddi Nashin (custodian) of the pothimala, i.e. pothi (holy book) and mala (rosary), of the first guru of the Sikhs – Guru Nanak Dev. The lineage descends from Prithi Chand, elder brother of Guru Arjan and founder of the heretical Miharvan sect of Sikhism. The Sodhi clan of Sikhs consider hereditary appointed direct descendants of fourth Sikh guru, Ram Das Sodhi, as their guru or spiritual leader, whom they refer to as Gaddi Nashin. In 2010, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) begin the effort to restore the pothimala, the Pothimala building (including its 18th century murals), both of which are the property of the present Gaddi Nashin, 17th successor custodian Guru Yuvraj Singh.
The Hargopal subsect of the Miharvan sect of Sikhism is based out of Pothimala in Guru Har Sahai. They maintain a following to this day amongst the locals and remain held in reverence, being direct descendants of the Sikh gurus and custodian of rare Sikh relics of the gurus.
From the History section of Guru Har Sahai on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Bhisiana Air Force Station (BUP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 60 km away.
- Jalālābād 18 km southwest, about 18 min by car
- Kanganpur 28 km west, about 28 min by car
- Muktsar 28 km south, about 28 min by car
- Firozpur 31 km northeast, about 31 min by car
- Baruwāli 31 km southeast, about 31 min by car
- Farīdkot 34 km east, about 34 min by car
- Satiāwāla 34 km northeast, about 34 min by car
- Alahabad 38 km northwest, about 38 min by car
- Kasur 46 km north, about 46 min by car
- Abohar 66 km south, about 1 h by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
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Photo credits
- Pothimala - Guru Har Sahai, Mnv179, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Door of Pothimala - Guru Har Sahai, Mnv179, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS007-E-13550 - View of India, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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