JHORAṚ, a village still flanked on two sides by arid mounds of shifting sands, 6 km north east of Baṛā Guḍhā railway station (29º 43'N, 75º-1'E), in Sirsā district of Haryāṇā, is sacred to Gurū Gobind Siṅgh, who made a brief halt here while travelling from Talvaṇḍī Sābo towards Sirsā in the winter of 1706. Gurdwārā Pātshāhī X, constructed in the 1950's, is a flat-roofed hall, within a low-walled compound. It is maintained by the village saṅgat.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Kuir Siṅgh, Gurbilās Pātshāhī 10. Ed. Shamsher Siṅgh Ashok. Patiala, 1968
  2. Santokh Siṅgh, Bhāī, Srī Gur Pratāp Sūraj Granth. Amritsar, 1927-33
  3. Giān Singh, Giānī, Twārīkh Gurū Khālsā [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970

Major Gurmukh Siṅgh (Retd.)