Hassanabdal (حسن ابدال)
Hasan Abdal has been a holy place for various religious groups throughout the ages, largely because of its springs. In the 7th century A.D., Chinese Buddhist pilgrim Hsuan Tsand reported that the place was sacred to the Buddhist and that there was a tank dedicated to a serpent King, Elapatra.
Hasan Abdal is an historic town in Northern Punjab, Pakistan. It is located where the Grand Trunk Road meets the Karakoram Highway near the North-West Frontier Province province, northwest of Wah. It has a population of about over 50,000. Hasan Abdal is 48 km from Rawalpindi. It is a beautiful, quiet place and a convenient halting point of G.T. Road enroute to Peshawar or Abbottabad. This town has a particular association with Mughals and Sikhs.
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| Gurdwara Panja Sahab |
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| Gurdwara Panja Sahab |
In the 15th century A.D. that town was associated with Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion, and with a contemporary Muslim saint, Pir or Baba Wali of Qandhar, who may or may not be the same person as another Muslim saint, Hasan Abdal, after whom the town is named.
This
town is famous for Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib (Guru Naanak), one of the most
sacred places of Sikhism. Every year Thousands of Sikhs visit across the world
the Gurudwara on the eve of Besakhi. The is another historical place tomb
erroneously called Lala Rukh Tomb at Hassan Abdal. There is a grave inside a square
walled Garden and a water fish pond near the tomb. On the nearby hill there is
a meditation chamber attributed to a saint Baba Hasan Abdal also known as Baba
Wali Kandhari with local folklores. The city is named Hassan Abdal after this
saint Baba Hasan Abdal. On the nearby hill, at an altitude
of 714 meters, there is a meditation chamber related to a 15th century Muslim
Saint, Baba Wali Qandhari, popularly known as Baba Hasan Abdal. The saint
stayed in Hasan Abdal from 1406-1416 AD but died and buried in village Baba
Wali near Qandhar (Afghanistan). The devotees and visitors climb over the steps
leading to the hill, for offerings and to have a panoramic view of Hasan Abdal.
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| Meditation Chamber |
The famous Chinese traveler Hiouen Thsang who visited the place nearly in 7th century A.D. It mentions the sacred spring of Elapatra about 70 li to the northwest of Taxila which is identical to the one at the current site of Gurdwara Panja Sahib.
The town is mentioned in the Book Ain-i-Akbari in the context that Shams al-Din built himself a vault there in which lies Hakim Abu’l Fath buried. The Mughal Ruler Akbar’s visit to the town on his way back from Kashmir is also mentioned in this book.
William Finch who traveled through India between 1608 and 1611 describes Hasan Abdal to be a "pleasant town with a small river and many fair tanks in which are many fishes with golden rings in their noses ...; the water so clear that you may see a penny in the bottom". The Mughal emperor Jehangir mentions in his book Tuzk-e-Jahangiri this town by the name of Baba Hasan Abdal where he stayed for three days. He also praises the city in these words: "The celebrated place at this station is a spring which flows from the foot of a little hill, exceedingly clear, sweet and nice...".[2] Hasan Abdal was visited by various Mughal kings on their way to Kashmir.
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| Cadet College |
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| Panja Sahab |
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