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Definition of Gurdwara
1. a place of worship [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gurdwara
Literary usage of Gurdwara
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dead Silence: The Legacy of Human Rights Abuses in Punjab by Human Rights Watch/Asia, Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1994)
"... to him: On August 14, at 10:00 AM eight policemen came to die gurdwara.
First they searched die gurdwara, ..."
2. The Church at Home and Abroad by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, General Assembly (1888)
"There is a gurdwara (Sikh temple) and a tank covering an area of about twelve acres.
Many of the pilgrims come from distant parts of the province. ..."
3. A Critical Study of the Life and Teachings of Sri Guru Nanak Dev: The by Sewaram Singh Thapar (1904)
"The place where Guru Nanak had stayed at Sialkot now bears the Grand gurdwara,
called the Her Sahib, as the tree, under which he was sitting, ..."
4. Final Report on the Revision of Settlement of the Sirsá District in the Punjáb by J. Wilson, Sir James Wilson (1884)
"... Deputy Commissioner, had some of the original relics taken away and deposited
in the gurdwara at ..."
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