Gurudwara Nanak Jhira, Bidar

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Overview: The legend is that when Baba Guru Nanak visited Bidar around 500 years ago, he was moved by the plight of the people of Bidar who didn't have proper drinking water and the rains were also scarce in this region. So he uttered the words 'Sat Kartar' and removed a stone and to the surprise of everyone, water came gushing out of earth and till this date the spring has been providing clean drinking water to the people in Bidar. This holy place is called Nanak Jhira. Food is provided as 'Langar' for lunch and dinner inside the Gurudwara for all pilgrims.
    

For accessibility and route details please see the main post – Bidar: An interesting place at the northern tip of Karnataka

Comments

  1. krb238317 December 2012 at 21:28

    Nicely written...

    Thanks for visiting Bidar..

    Kranti
    www.bidarinfo.blogspot.com

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  2. Vineeta Yashswi18 December 2012 at 14:40

    Lovely pictures and good information...

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  4. Krishna/à´•ൃà´·്à´£24 December 2012 at 09:59

    beautifully captured photos and nice info

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    thanks for sharing

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  5. Sandeep BK27 December 2012 at 18:01

    Nice blog. I think you missed out visting Papnashana Shiva temple in Bidar, which is also located near to Gurudwara

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  6. Unknown7 December 2015 at 14:12

    Did you had langar in gurudwara?

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