ABCHAL NAGAR, more correctly spelt Abichalnagar (abichal, lit. firmly fixed, unshakably rooted), i. e. City Everlasting, is the name Sikh tradition has given Nāndeḍ, a district town in Mahārāshṭra. The place is sacred to Gurū Gobind Siṅgh, who passed away here on 7 October 1708. The shrine honouring his memory is treated as a Takht, seat constituting decisive religious authority for the Sikhs, and is named Takht Sachkhaṇḍ Srī Hazūr Sāhib, Achalnagar.

        The name was probably suggested by a Scriptural line abichal nagaru gobind gurū kā nāmu japat sukhu pāiā rām (rooted steadfast stands the City of the Master-Lord where solace is attained by repeating the Name (GG, 783), usually interpreted as referring to the City of Amritsar founded by Gurū Rām Dās, Nānak IV.