Nankana Sahib

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city holy city

Nankana Sahib is a historic city in Pakistan revered as one of Sikhism’s holiest sites, centered around the birthplace and major shrine of Guru Nanak.

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Nankana Sahib canonical 6

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
holy city ⓘ
administrativeStatus district headquarters of Nankana Sahib District ⓘ
associatedWith early Sikh community ⓘ
life of Guru Nanak ⓘ
birthplaceOf Guru Nanak ⓘ
connectedBy railway line to Lahore ⓘ
road network to Lahore ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
distanceFrom about 55 km east of Faisalabad ⓘ
about 75 km west of Lahore ⓘ
elevation approximately 187 metres ⓘ
formerName Talwandi ⓘ
surface form: Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi
governingBody Municipal Committee Nankana Sahib ⓘ
hasCommemorativeStructures multiple gurdwaras marking events in Guru Nanak’s life ⓘ
hasPlaceOfWorship Gurdwara Bal Lila ⓘ
Gurdwara Janam Asthan ⓘ
Gurdwara Patti Sahib ⓘ
surface form: Gurdwara Kiara Sahib

Gurdwara Mal Ji Sahib ⓘ
Gurdwara Patti Sahib ⓘ
Gurdwara Sri Panjvin Patshahi ⓘ
Gurdwara Tambu Sahib ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Nankana Sahib railway station ⓘ
heritageStatus important Sikh heritage site ⓘ
historicalEvent Nankana Sahib massacre ⓘ
languageSpoken Punjabi language ⓘ
surface form: Punjabi

Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeUnit Nankana Sahib District ⓘ
majorFestivalObserved Guru Nanak Gurpurab ⓘ
majorShrine Gurdwara Janam Asthan ⓘ
namedAfter Guru Nanak ⓘ
NankanaSahibMassacreDate 1921 ⓘ
nearbyCity Lahore ⓘ
Sheikhupura District ⓘ
surface form: Sheikhupura
pilgrimageSiteFor Sikh people ⓘ
surface form: Sikhs
pilgrimVisitorsFrom India ⓘ
global Sikh diaspora ⓘ
populationCharacteristic predominantly Muslim population ⓘ
prePartitionCommunity significant Sikh population before 1947 ⓘ
province Punjab ⓘ
region Punjab ⓘ
surface form: Punjab region
religion Sikhism ⓘ
religiousSignificance one of the holiest cities in Sikhism ⓘ
religiousTourismType Sikh pilgrimage tourism ⓘ
securityArrangements enhanced during major Sikh festivals ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +5 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guru Nanak → placeOfBirth → Nankana Sahib ⓘ
Sikh people → pilgrimageSite → Nankana Sahib ⓘ
Talwandi → currentName → Nankana Sahib ⓘ
Gurdwara Janam Asthan → locatedIn → Nankana Sahib ⓘ
Banga → locatedNear → Nankana Sahib ⓘ
Akali movement → hasSignificantSite → Nankana Sahib ⓘ