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Bidar

Bidar, India

South Journey · TA Traditional Attribution

Introduction

Deccan town associated in later Sikh geography with southern travel. Not a confirmed dated stop.

The Journey

Bidar appears in some modern Sikh travel maps. Keep status as traditional attribution.

Historical Context

Approximate period: Traditionally placed in the Udasis of Guru Nanak Dev Ji (often dated by later writers to the late 15th and early 16th centuries). Exact years are not established.

Chronology uncertain / traditional sequence only.

Sikh Historical Tradition

Later Sikh tradition strongly associates this place with Guru Nanak Dev Ji, but the evidence for a specific visit is less certain.

Janamsakhi recensions and later Sikh memory are not treated here as interchangeable with independently proven itinerary. Where evidence is thinner, the status label says so.

Map

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Location shown approximately.

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Stop 5 of 7 on this journey dataset.

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