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Copyright: Subhash Ranjan (sranjan)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 14 W: 1 N: 48]](http://i1.treklens.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (286) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2006-07-22 |
| Categories: Daily Life |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-03-18 4:33 |
| Viewed: 442 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
According to legend a wicked demon who terrorised the people of the area lived where the Gurdwara is situated. The people prayed to the Almighty for help.
It is said that Guru Nanak heard their woes and came to their aid. He settled down on the banks of the river below the hill where the wicked demon lived. The Guru blessed the people with sermons and became popular in the area. The locals call him Nanak Lama. The demon got into rage and decided to kill Guru Nanak Dev.
One morning when the Guru was sitting in meditation, the demon rolled down a large Pathar (boulder) from the hill top, with the intention of killing the Guru. The boulder came rolling down and when it touched the Guru’s body, it melted like wax and the Guru kept on meditating undisturbed. Thinking that the Guru had been killed, the demon came down and was taken aback to see him deep in meditation.
In a fit of anger, he tried to push the boulder with his right foot, but as the pathar had already melted like wax, his foot got embedded in it. On seeing this, the demon realised his own powerlessness as compared to the spiritual powers of the great Guru and fell at his feet. Guru Nanak, thereafter, continued his holy journey towards Srinagar via Kargil.
The pathar (stone) pushed down by the demon with imprint of the body of Guru Nanak Dev as also the foot imprint of the demon is at present lying in the Gurdwara Pathar Sahib. Since 1517, the local Lamas hold the pathar sacred and offer prayers to it.
Ref: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010729/spectrum/ |
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- jibala
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- [2007-04-02 12:23]
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hello dear,
nice photo with warm colours.thanx for information but i know little about it.well done.
jibala
