About Bhatinda City

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Places to see in Bhatinda

Bathinda, one of the smaller places in Punjab has a rich religious and cultural heritage. The history of the Bhatinda is associated with a number of religions. The historical monuments in the place are reminiscent of not only the Sikh culture but also that of Hindus and Muslims. It was in the jungles of Bhatinda that the 10th Guru, ShriGobind Singh Ji fought the Mogul forces. The place has a number of Gurudwaras dating back to the times of the Mogul Emperor, Aurnagzeb. The district derives its name from the district headquarters town of Bathinda, which is of great antiquity. According to Khalifa Muhammad Hassan, author of History of Patiala, its ancient name was Bikramgarh. According to raverty, Bathinda was known as Tabarhindh (Labb-ut-Twarikh). According to IbnBatuta it was known as Batrind. The earliest mention of Tabarhindh occurs in the "Jami-Ul-Hakayat" written about 607 Hijri or 1211 AD. According to "Ainai-Barar Bans" Bathinda was built by BhatiRao, son of Bal Band, who became ruler of Punjab in 336 BikramiSambat. He also founded Bhatner. It was also called Whatinda and Bitunda which finally become known as Bhatinda. But its name was changed to Bathinda on the authority of Survey of India to conform to the phonetical expression as locally pronounced. In recent times the town was conquered by Maharaja Ala Singh (near about 1754 AD) and since then it followed the history of erstwhile princely state of Patiala. With the dawn of indendence and merger of Patiala and East Punjab States into a division styled at PEPSU, Bathinda become full fledged district which states has combined even after the merger of PEPSU with erstwhile Punjab State in 1956.
It consists of 285 villages out of which 281 are inhabited and 4 are uninhabited, eight towns and one census town.

Places to Visit

Damdama Sahib

From the historical point of view, the important place in the district is Talwandi Sabo (Damdama Sahib) connected with the history of Sikhs.
The village of Talwandi tehsil popularly known as Damdama Sahib situated 18 miles south of Bathinda. It is the venue of colourfulBaisakhi fair. After his fierest battle with the Mughals at Anandpur Sahib, Chamkaur Sahib and Muktsar, Guru Gobind Singh retired to the jungle of Malwa. He relaxed and took rest (Dam) at Talwandi Sabo and hence its name Damdama Sahib. The Guru stayed here nine months and nine days. He made the place a Centre for spreading his mission and hence its name Guru-ki- Kanshi. He re-dictated Adi-Granth here and called the place as Khalse Da Takhat. A seal was also prepared bearing the "Akal Sahai Guru Gobind Singh jikiJagha-TakhatDamdama Sahib ji

This place had been visited earlier by Guru TegBahadur, the father of Guru Gobind Singh. Damdama Sahib is also the headquarters of Nihangs. There are ten Gurudwaras and three tanks.

The three tanks are; NanksarSarover, AkalsarSaroveer and GurusarSarover. The first named tank is associated with Guru Nanak Devji who is said to have visited this village in 1510 A., D. during his second Pad Yatra to Rajputana. The AkalsarSarover is associated with Guru GobindSinghji and a sip of water from it is believed to be a safeguard against any disease and scourage. The GurusarSarover is said to have been dug up under the orders of Guru TegBahadurji.

Qila Mubarak

The old awe-inspiring retic of its past splendour is the fort at Bathinda which is biggest than its competitors at Lahore, Phillour and Hanumangarh. It stands as a gigantic sentinel in the heart of the town.
Every year, Sri Guru GobindSinghji also stayed in this fort. It has long fascinating history behind it.

Guru Nanak Dev Thermal Plant & Guru Hargobind Thermal Plant.

Guru Nank Dev Thermal Plant has four units of 210 MW capacities each for power generation. Recently another thermal plant at LehraMuhabat has also come up to meet the increasing demands of power. This plant has two units of 210 MW capacities for power generation.

Maiser Khana

The Maisar Khana mandir 29 km from Bathinda on Bathinda-Mansa Road. According to a legend, the jyoti of Mata Jawala appeared to give darshan to a poor devotee who could not reach durga temple at Jawala Ji.
Every year, Two Melas are held where lacs of devotees come to have Darshan of Jawalaji.

Distance from nearby major places:

Bhatinda nearby places

Bathinda to Dist  
Amritsar 186kms
chandigarh 225kms
Pathankot 275kms
Jalandhar 160kms
Hoshiarpur 205kms
Kapurthala 167kms
Ludhiana 145kms
Patiala 158kms
Sangrur 98kms
Fatehgarh Saheb 194kms
Faridkot 70kms
Shimla 328kms
Manali 477kms
Dharamshala 325kms
Dalhousie 365kms
Jammu 389kms
Delhi 336kms

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