Talwandi

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Talwandi, historically known as Rai Bhoi di Talwandi and now called Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, is the town revered as the birthplace of Sikhism’s founder, Guru Nanak.

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Label Occurrences
Rai Bhoi di Talwandi 1
Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi 1
Talwandi canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Town
associatedReligion Sikhism
country Pakistan
culturalSignificance Center of early Sikh tradition
currentName Nankana Sahib
distanceFromLahore approximately 75 km
founderOfReligionBornHere Guru Nanak
governedBy Government of Pakistan
hasGurdwara Gurdwara Janam Asthan
hasReligiousFestival Guru Nanak Gurpurab celebrations
heritageStatus Important Sikh heritage site
historicalEra Early 16th century Sikh history
historicalName Talwandi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rai Bhoi di Talwandi
historicalRuler Rai Bhoi
historicalRulingFamily Rai family of Talwandi
languageSpoken Punjabi language
surface form: Punjabi
locatedIn Punjab, Pakistan
locatedInDistrict Nankana Sahib District
locatedInProvince Punjab
majorReligionInArea Islam
namedAfter Guru Nanak
nearbyCity Lahore
partOf Punjab
surface form: Punjab region
region South Asia
religiousMinorityCommunity Sikh people
surface form: Sikhs (pilgrim visitors)
religiousSignificance Birthplace of Guru Nanak
Major Sikh pilgrimage site
religiousTourism Sikh pilgrims from India
Sikh pilgrims from worldwide diaspora
scriptUsedForLocalLanguage Shahmukhi script
surface form: Shahmukhi

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

Guru Nanak placeOfBirth Talwandi
Nankana Sahib formerName Talwandi
this entity surface form: Rai-Bhoi-Di-Talwandi
Talwandi historicalName Talwandi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rai Bhoi di Talwandi