Phaggūwālā

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Phaggūwālā is a village located 19 kilometres east of the city of Sangrur in the district of Sangrur in the Indian state of Punjab.

[edit] Gurdūārā Sāhib Pātshāhī Naűvī

According to local tradition Phaggūwālā had not been founded when the Sikh guru Tegh Bahadur passed through this area whilst on his journey from Bhawanigarh to Sunam. According to this tradition about three kilometres from Bhawanigarh the guru met a brahmin peasant ploughing his fields who is said to have served the guru food and drink before the guru continued on his journey. To honour the guru's visit, the brahmin is said to have constructed a platform and began worshipping it as a sacred site. Apparently, this place is one kilometere north of the present village.

Sometime after 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 Gurdūārā Sāhib Pātshāhī Naűvī "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 square sarovar has also been added since. The gurdwara owns 14 acres 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 and Basant Panchmi] respectively.