page_title: Phaguwala
section_title: Gurudwara Sahib Patshahi Navmi Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji
hierarchical_section_title: Phaguwala / Gurudwara Sahib Patshahi Navmi Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji
caption_attribution_description: Gurudwara Sahib Patshahi Naumi, Phaguwala;Other information: This picture is captured by me and have no licence or copyright. It is used to help viewers of page to see photo of what written in article
context_page_description: Phaguwala is a village located 19 kilometers east of the city of Sangrur and 40 kilometers from Patiala on NH-7 in the district of Sangrur in state of Punjab. Phaguwala is surrounded by lush green fields and some of the most fertile land of Indo-Gangetic Plains and total land area of 542 hectares. Sardar Faggu Singh Ghuman of Village Jhaneri settled here with people of different castes and started cultivating land. He had three sons. First he named village Prem Singh wala. After his death it was changed to Phaguwala. This is also a village of great freedom fighter Jathedar Jangir Singh Phaguwalia. People of different castes and religions live with brotherhood and peace which includes Jatt Sikh, Sikh Ravidasias, Sikh Valmikies, Muslims. Main surnames are: Ghumans, Tiwanas, Dhaliwals, and Behlas. The famous Gurudwara Patshahi Naumi is situated on Sunam road towards south of village. The village has a branch of Punjab & Sind Bank with ATM facility.
context_section_description: According to local tradition Phaguwala had not been founded when the Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur Ji passed through this area whilst on his journey from Bhawanigarh to Sunam. According to this tradition the guru met a brahmin peasant ploughing his fields near Bhawanigarh; the peasant served the Guru Ji with food and drink before the guru continued on his journey. To honor the Guru's visit, the Brahmin is said to have constructed a platform and began worshiping it as a sacred site. The site is one kilometer north of the present village.
  After sometime the construction of the original platform, a room was constructed and a fair was held to celebrate Basant Panchmi - the fifth day of the light half of the Hindu lunar month of Magh (January–February), the first day of spring. This shrine was eventually developed into a proper gurdwara and was called Gurudwara Sahib Patshahi Naumi "The gurdwara of the ninth master" during the time of Maharaja Narinder Singh of Patiala (1846–62CE) who is also said to have presented a copy of the Guru Granth Sahib for installation here. The present buildings comprising a semi-octagonal sanctum with a domed room above it and a square hall in front, and other ancillaries, were constructed during the 1960s. A 100 feet (30 m) square sarovar has also been added since. The gurdwara owns 14 acres (57,000 m²) of land. It is managed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee under Section 87 of the Gurdwaras Act.
  The main congregation is held on the fifth day of the light half of each lunar month. Largely attended religious fairs are held on this day falling in the lunar months of Jeth (21 May – 22 June) and Magh to coincide with the martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev Ji and Basant Panchmi respectively. All Panchmies are also celebrated at Gurudwara sahib.
caption: Gurudwara Sahib Patshahi Naumi, Phaguwala
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