Jaitu
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Jaitu (sometimes written as Jaito, also known as Gangsar Jaitu) is a historical city. Jaitu is a municipal council in Faridkot district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is subdivision in Ferozepur Division. It is from Bathinda, from Ludhiana, from Amritsar, from Patiala and from Chandigarh.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jaitu
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Punjabi
- Settlement.other_name
- Jaito, Gangsar Jaito
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Gangsar Jaitu.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Jaitu Da Morcha
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Punjab
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Punjab, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Punjab
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Faridkot
- Settlement.founder
- Baba Jaitu
- Settlement.government_type
- State Government
- Settlement.governing_body
- Congress Party
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 13.09
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- Area
- 13.09
- Elevation
- 207
- Official website
- www.jaitu.in
- Dialing code
- 01635
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- postal code
- 151202
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- Jaitu
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Jaitu (sometimes written as Jaito, also known as Gangsar Jaitu) is a historical city. Jaitu is a municipal council in Faridkot district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is subdivision in Ferozepur Division. It is from Bathinda, from Ludhiana, from Amritsar, from Patiala and from Chandigarh.
==Etymology== According to some accounts, it took its name "Gangsar" from a folk story in which Guru Gobind Singh Ji visited the town and was sitting on a sand dune when he saw a saint crying. He asked the saint why he was crying to which the saint replied that he was crying because he lost his bowl in the Ganges river. After hearing his misfortune, the Guru fired off an arrow which struck the ground and opened a water source there fetching water and his lost bowl from the Ganges river. Later Gurdwara Tibbi Sahib Ji and Gurdwara Gangsar Sahib Ji were constructed on both the sites, on the sand dune where the Guru was sitting and where lake was opened.
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