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	== History and tradition ==		== History and tradition ==
	The Vaishnav establishment at Pandori Dham was founded by local Ramanandi saint ''Shri Bhagwanji'' who was a [[Dogras\|Dogra]] ''Khajuria'' [[Brahmin]] born at [[Kahnuwan]] town in Gurdaspur. As per local tradition, ''Shri Bhagwanji'' during his early years had met Ramanandi saint ''Shri [[Krishnadas Payahari]]'' of [[Galtaji\|Galta dham]] in [[Rajasthan]] who had brought him into order of Ramanandi Vaishnavism.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Burchett \|first=Patton E. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASd2DwAAQBAJ&dq=Pindori&pg=PT162 \|title=A Genealogy of Devotion: Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in North India \|date=2019-05-28 \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|isbn=978-0-231-54883-0 \|language=en \|quote=According to the tradition of Pindori Dhām, a major Rāmānandī center in the Gurdaspur district of Panjab, the young Bhagvān-jī met Kṛṣṇadās Payahārī at Galta while on a pilgrimage. Payahārī is said to have converted him to Vaiṣṇavism}}</ref>The shrine is also said to have won the allegiance of Hindu princely states of hills of [[Jammu division\|Jammu]] & [[Himachal Pradesh\|Himachal]]. The [[Rajput]] rulers of princely states especially [[Nurpur kingdom\|Nurpur]], Jammu, [[Ramkot, Jammu and Kashmir\|Mankot]], [[Guler State\|Guler]], [[Basohli (town)\|Basohli]], [[Chamba State\|Chamba]], [[Bandralta State\|Bandralta]], [[Jasrota]], [[Jaswan]] were particularly devoted to the Pandori dham.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVnrAAAAMAAJ&q=pindori+mankot \|title=Roopa-Lekhā \|date=1971 \|publisher=All-India Fine Arts and Crafts Society \|language=en \|quote=The Mahants of Pindori stood in a similar relationship with the Rajput chiefs of the hill States. There is evidence at Pindori that the rulers of Nurpur, Chamba, Guler, Jaswan, Jammu, Bandralta and Mankot, among others, offered...}}</ref> The second [[Mahant]] of Pandori dham, ''Shri Narainji'' is said to have survived the ordeal inflicted to him by Muslim Emperor [[Jahangir]] who had poisoned him to test his miraculous powers. ''Shri Narainji'' survived which left Jahangir feel ashamed and ultimately led him to accept the supremacy of the shrine.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgRDAAAAYAAJ&q=Pindori+Jahangir \|title=Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society \|date=1971 \|publisher=The Society \|language=en \|quote=...dates back to the days of Emperor Jahangir. Narainji, the second Mahant, according to traditional accounts, survived an ordeal by poison in the presence of Jahangir who bequeathed to}}</ref>The shrine of Pandori also received royal patronage during the reign of [[Ranjit Singh\|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] who often journeyed the shrine for happiness.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Sharamā \|first=Rādhā \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnwMAQAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+Ranjit \|title=Contemporary and Later Perspectives on Maharaja Ranjit Singh \|date=2007 \|publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University \|isbn=978-81-7770-141-8 \|pages=9 \|language=en \|quote=According to Indu Banga, the Bairagi establishment of Pindori near Batala was 'more affluent in the Sikh times than ever before or perhaps even after'}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Suri (lala) \|first=Sohan Lal \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Se0CAAAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+Ranjit \|title=pts.1-5.Chronicle of the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1831-1839 A.D \|date=1961 \|publisher=S. Chand \|pages=34 \|language=en \|quote=Secondly, it stated as to how he journeyed from Kapurthala to Talibpur Pindori and became a source of happiness for the Mahararja }}</ref>		The Vaishnav establishment at Pandori Dham was founded by local Ramanandi saint ''Shri Bhagwanji'' who was a [[Dogras\|Dogra]] ''Khajuria'' [[Brahmin]] born at [[Kahnuwan]] town in Gurdaspur. As per local tradition, ''Shri Bhagwanji'' during his early years had met Ramanandi saint ''Shri [[Krishnadas Payahari]]'' of [[Galtaji\|Galta dham]] in [[Rajasthan]] who had brought him into order of Ramanandi Vaishnavism.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Burchett \|first=Patton E. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASd2DwAAQBAJ&dq=Pindori&pg=PT162 \|title=A Genealogy of Devotion: Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in North India \|date=2019-05-28 \|publisher=Columbia University Press \|isbn=978-0-231-54883-0 \|language=en \|quote=According to the tradition of Pindori Dhām, a major Rāmānandī center in the Gurdaspur district of Panjab, the young Bhagvān-jī met Kṛṣṇadās Payahārī at Galta while on a pilgrimage. Payahārī is said to have converted him to Vaiṣṇavism}}</ref> The shrine is also said to have won the allegiance of Hindu princely states of hills of [[Jammu division\|Jammu]] & [[Himachal Pradesh\|Himachal]]. The [[Rajput]] rulers of princely states especially [[Nurpur kingdom\|Nurpur]], Jammu, [[Ramkot, Jammu and Kashmir\|Mankot]], [[Guler State\|Guler]], [[Basohli (town)\|Basohli]], [[Chamba State\|Chamba]], [[Bandralta State\|Bandralta]], [[Jasrota]], [[Jaswan]] were particularly devoted to the Pandori dham.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVnrAAAAMAAJ&q=pindori+mankot \|title=Roopa-Lekhā \|date=1971 \|publisher=All-India Fine Arts and Crafts Society \|language=en \|quote=The Mahants of Pindori stood in a similar relationship with the Rajput chiefs of the hill States. There is evidence at Pindori that the rulers of Nurpur, Chamba, Guler, Jaswan, Jammu, Bandralta and Mankot, among others, offered...}}</ref> The second [[Mahant]] of Pandori dham, ''Shri Narainji'' is said to have survived the ordeal inflicted to him by Muslim Emperor [[Jahangir]] who had poisoned him to test his miraculous powers. ''Shri Narainji'' survived which left Jahangir feel ashamed and ultimately led him to accept the supremacy of the shrine.<ref>{{Cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgRDAAAAYAAJ&q=Pindori+Jahangir \|title=Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society \|date=1971 \|publisher=The Society \|language=en \|quote=...dates back to the days of Emperor Jahangir. Narainji, the second Mahant, according to traditional accounts, survived an ordeal by poison in the presence of Jahangir who bequeathed to}}</ref> The shrine of Pandori also received royal patronage during the reign of [[Ranjit Singh\|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] who often journeyed the shrine for happiness.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Sharamā \|first=Rādhā \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnwMAQAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+Ranjit \|title=Contemporary and Later Perspectives on Maharaja Ranjit Singh \|date=2007 \|publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University \|isbn=978-81-7770-141-8 \|pages=9 \|language=en \|quote=According to Indu Banga, the Bairagi establishment of Pindori near Batala was 'more affluent in the Sikh times than ever before or perhaps even after'}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Suri (lala) \|first=Sohan Lal \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Se0CAAAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+Ranjit \|title=pts.1-5.Chronicle of the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1831-1839 A.D \|date=1961 \|publisher=S. Chand \|pages=34 \|language=en \|quote=Secondly, it stated as to how he journeyed from Kapurthala to Talibpur Pindori and became a source of happiness for the Mahararja }}</ref>
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'''Thakurdwara Bhagwan Narainji''' (popularly known as '''Pandori Dham'''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysMUAQAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+dham |title=Census of India, 1991: Gurdaspur |date=1996 |publisher=Controller of Publications |language=en |quote=Pindori known as ''Darbar Pindori Dham'' has a large establishment of Vaishnava sect which constitutes as one of 52 Vaishnava Dvars into which Bairagi establishments are organised.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ewosAQAAIAAJ&q=bhagwan-narainji |title=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland |date=1971 |publisher=Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society |pages=157 |language=en |quote=The Dhyanpur gaddi is known as “Lāldvārā” much as the Pindori gaddi, also in the Gurdaspur district, is known as the "dvārā of Bhagwan-Narain ji''. }}</ref>) is a historical [[Hindu temple]] belonging to [[Ramanandi Sampradaya|Ramanandi sampradaya]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chaitanya |first=Krishna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=McSbSMhArFgC&dq=pindori+Ramanandi&pg=PA18 |title=A History of Indian Painting |date=1976 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-310-6 |language=en |quote=The seat of the hieratic head or Mahant of the Ramanandi sect was Pindori, seven miles east of Gurdaspur.}}</ref> located in the village Pandori Mahantan<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XG8mJN-CgwoC&dq=Baisakhi+Pandori&pg=RA7-PA28 |title=Darshan |date=1982 |publisher=Consulate-General of India |language=en |quote=The most spectacular Baisakhi gathering can be seen at Pandori mahantan in the village of Tallpur (Gurdaspur district)}}</ref> in [[Gurdaspur district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] in [[India]]. It constitutes one of the fifty-two [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnav]] ''dvaras'' of [[Indian subcontinent]] into which [[Bairagi (Sampradayas)|Bairagis]] have been organized.<ref name=":0" /> The shrine was founded by Ramanandi saint ''Shri Bhagwanji''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghurye |first=Govind Sadashiv |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U-MDAAAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+dham |title=Indian Sadhus |date=1964 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-605-3 |language=en |quote=The centre at Pindori in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, for example , is recorded to have been founded by one Bhagawan who was born in A.D. 1449.}}</ref> and his disciple ''Shri'' ''Narainji''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Charak |first1=Sukh Dev Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kugq3wEh-W4C&dq=Bhagwan+Narainji&pg=PA120 |title=Pahāṛi Styles of Indian Murals |last2=Billawaria |first2=Anita K. |date=1998 |publisher=Abhinav Publications |isbn=978-81-7017-356-4 |language=en |quote=Among the converts of Bhagwanji was a devotee, named Narainji who was afterwards known as Bhagwan-Nārāinji and whose miracles find illustration in the murals of the shrine }}</ref> after whom the shrine has been named.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Goswamy |first1=B. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6cLAQAAMAAJ&q=Bhagwan-Narainji |title=Indian Painting: Essays in Honour of Karl J. Khandalavala |last2=Bhatia |first2=Usha |date=1995 |publisher=Lalit Kala Akademi |language=en |quote=Bhagwanji and Narainji were so intimately connected that the Pindori gaddi is commonly referred to as the gaddi of "Bhagwan - Narain"}}</ref> The celebrated Vaishnav text [[Bhaktamal]]a authored by [[Nabha Dass|Bhakt Nabhadas ji]] records the piety of ''Shri Bhagwanji'' and his disciple ''Shri Narainji''. The temple is known for its spectacular [[Baisakhi]] fair.<ref name=":1" />

== History and tradition ==
The Vaishnav establishment at Pandori Dham was founded by local Ramanandi saint ''Shri Bhagwanji'' who was a [[Dogras|Dogra]] ''Khajuria'' [[Brahmin]] born at [[Kahnuwan]] town in Gurdaspur. As per local tradition, ''Shri Bhagwanji'' during his early years had met Ramanandi saint ''Shri [[Krishnadas Payahari]]'' of [[Galtaji|Galta dham]] in [[Rajasthan]] who had brought him into order of Ramanandi Vaishnavism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burchett |first=Patton E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASd2DwAAQBAJ&dq=Pindori&pg=PT162 |title=A Genealogy of Devotion: Bhakti, Tantra, Yoga, and Sufism in North India |date=2019-05-28 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-54883-0 |language=en |quote=According to the tradition of Pindori Dhām, a major Rāmānandī center in the Gurdaspur district of Panjab, the young Bhagvān-jī met Kṛṣṇadās Payahārī at Galta while on a pilgrimage. Payahārī is said to have converted him to Vaiṣṇavism}}</ref>The shrine is also said to have won the allegiance of Hindu princely states of hills of [[Jammu division|Jammu]] & [[Himachal Pradesh|Himachal]]. The [[Rajput]] rulers of princely states especially [[Nurpur kingdom|Nurpur]], Jammu, [[Ramkot, Jammu and Kashmir|Mankot]], [[Guler State|Guler]], [[Basohli (town)|Basohli]], [[Chamba State|Chamba]], [[Bandralta State|Bandralta]], [[Jasrota]], [[Jaswan]] were particularly devoted to the Pandori dham.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVnrAAAAMAAJ&q=pindori+mankot |title=Roopa-Lekhā |date=1971 |publisher=All-India Fine Arts and Crafts Society |language=en |quote=The Mahants of Pindori stood in a similar relationship with the Rajput chiefs of the hill States. There is evidence at Pindori that the rulers of Nurpur, Chamba, Guler, Jaswan, Jammu, Bandralta and Mankot, among others, offered...}}</ref> The second [[Mahant]] of Pandori dham, ''Shri Narainji'' is said to have survived the ordeal inflicted to him by Muslim Emperor [[Jahangir]] who had poisoned him to test his miraculous powers. ''Shri Narainji'' survived which left Jahangir feel ashamed and ultimately led him to accept the supremacy of the shrine.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IgRDAAAAYAAJ&q=Pindori+Jahangir |title=Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of the Calcutta Historical Society |date=1971 |publisher=The Society |language=en |quote=...dates back to the days of Emperor Jahangir. Narainji, the second Mahant, according to traditional accounts, survived an ordeal by poison in the presence of Jahangir who bequeathed to}}</ref>The shrine of Pandori also received royal patronage during the reign of [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] who often journeyed the shrine for happiness.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharamā |first=Rādhā |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnwMAQAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+Ranjit |title=Contemporary and Later Perspectives on Maharaja Ranjit Singh |date=2007 |publisher=Guru Nanak Dev University |isbn=978-81-7770-141-8 |pages=9 |language=en |quote=According to Indu Banga, the Bairagi establishment of Pindori near Batala was 'more affluent in the Sikh times than ever before or perhaps even after'}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Suri (lala) |first=Sohan Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Se0CAAAAMAAJ&q=Pindori+Ranjit |title=pts.1-5.Chronicle of the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, 1831-1839 A.D |date=1961 |publisher=S. Chand |pages=34 |language=en |quote=Secondly, it stated as to how he journeyed from Kapurthala to Talibpur Pindori and became a source of happiness for the Mahararja }}</ref>
[[File:Pandori Narainji painting.jpg|thumb|Dogra wall painting on walls of temple at Pandori dham depicts incident when ''Shri Narainji'' was poisoned by Emperor Jahangir]]

== Festivals and cultural events ==
The Baisakhi fair is at ''Thakurdwara'' of Bhagwan Narainji at Pandori Mahatan village in [[Gurdaspur district|Gurdaspur]] district of Punjab where the fair lasts for three days from 1st [[Vaisakha]] to 3rd Vaisakha.<ref name=":1" /> The celebrations start in form of procession on morning of 1st Vaisakha, carrying ''Mahant'' in a palanquin by ''Brahmacharis'' and devotees. After that [[Navagraha|Navgraha]] [[Puja (Hinduism)|Puja]] is held and charities in money, grains and cows are done.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Punjab (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KAKAQAAIAAJ&q=Baisakhi+pindori |title=Punjab District Gazetteers: Supplement |date=1992 |publisher=Controller of Print. and Stationery |language=en}}</ref> At evening, [[Kirtan|Sankirtan]] is held in which ''Mahant'' delivers religious discourses and concludes it by distributing [[Prasāda|prasad]] of ''Patashas'' (candy drops). Pilgrims also take ritual bathings at sacred tank in the shrine.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Anand |first=R.L. |title=Fairs and Festivals, Part VII-B, Vol-XIII, Punjab, Census of India 1961 |year=1962 |pages=60}}</ref>

== Branches and Daughter shrines ==
The Thakurdwara at Pandori dham extended its influence not only on neighboring Hindu hill states but also spread its branches in the form of daughter shrines, spreading all over Indian subcontinent, from Jammu in the North, Chinapattan ([[Chennai]]) in South India, [[Girnar]] ([[Gujarat]]) in the West and [[Ayodhya]] & [[Varanasi|Kashi]] in the east.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aglDAAAAYAAJ&q=chinapattan+pindori |title=Proceedings - Punjab History Conference |date=1988 |publisher=Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. |language=en |quote=but also spread its branches from Jammu in the north to Chinapattan in the South, Girnar in the west and Ajodhya in the east }}</ref> As per the genealogy published by the Pandori dham itself, there are a total of 39 maths associated with dham which are established all over India.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last1=Sinha |first1=Surajit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8nHXAAAAMAAJ&dq=pindoridham+bhagwanji&pg=PA120 |title=Ascetics of Kashi: An Anthropological Exploration |last2=Saraswati |first2=Baidyanath |date=1978 |publisher=N.K. Bose Memorial Foundation |language=en |quote=From a genealogy published by Pindoridham in 2018 VS, it appears that there are at least 39 important gaddis (or mathas), belonging to Bhagwanji Dwara, spread all over in different parts of the country}}</ref> Apart from this, numerous minor branches are established in the towns of North Punjab, Jammu and Himachal.

Some important historical daughter shrines are that of '''''Damtal''''' in Kangra, '''''Bathu''''' in erstwhile Guler state and '''''Lehal''''' in [[Dhariwal, India|Dhariwal]] of Gurdaspur.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Goswamy |first1=B. N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etA3AQAAIAAJ&q=pindori+bathu |title=Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India |last2=Fischer |first2=Eberhard |date=1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-564014-4 |language=en |quote=The early years of the seventeenth century saw a concerted effort towards taking the message of Vaishnavism into the hills through the founding of monasteries like Pindori and its offshoots at Damtal and Bathu}}</ref> The list of 39 mathas spread across various Indian states and towns are as follow: 7 shrines in [[Hoshiarpur district]] (Punjab), 2 in [[Jalandhar district]] (Punjab), 1 in [[Amritsar district]] (Punjab), 2 in [[Kangra district]] (Himachal), 1 in [[Mandi district]] (Himachal), 2 in [[Ambala district]] (Haryana), 1 in [[Thanesar]] (Haryana), 1 in [[Saharanpur]] (Uttar Pradesh), 5 in Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), 1 in Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh), 1 in Girnar (Gujarat), 1 in [[Nagpur]] (Maharashtra), 1 each in [[Hyderabad]], Parshottam & Chinnapattan in South India. There are 2 mathas in Jammu and 3 were there in [[Lahore]].<ref name=":2" />

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