HASANPUR-QABŪLPUR, twin villages separated only by a narrow lane, in Paṭiālā district, about 15 km southeast of Rājpurā (30º-28'N, 76º-37'E), are sacred to Gurū Tegh Bahādur and Gurū Gobind Siṅgh. Gurū Gobind Siṅgh is said to have come here as a child from Lakhnaur in 1670, and Gurū Tegh Bahādur during his tour of the Mālvā in 1672-74. According to local tradition, two Muslim Shaikhs, Azmat and Bāhrā, served the Gurūs with devotion and were rewarded with special letters of appreciation. A small domed gurdwārā was constructed by the local saṅgat in 1918. This is now enclosed in a high-roofed rectangular hall. The shrine named Gurdwārā Pātshāhī Naumī Ate Dasmī is within the revenue limits of Hasanpur, but is managed by a joint committee of the two villages, Hasanpur and Qabūlpur.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Tārā Siṅgh, Srī Gur Tīrath Saṅgrahi. Amritsar, n.d.
  2. Ṭhākar Siṅgh, Giānī, Srī Gurduāre Darshan. Amritsar, 1923
  3. Giān Siṅgh, Giānī, Twārīkh Gurduāriāṅ. Amritsar, n.d.

Major Gurmukh Siṅgh (Retd.)