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Seeking Begumpura - a City of No Sorrow

Begampura of Bhagat Ravidas Guru Ravidas or Bhagat Raidas envisioned a society with people living in harmony without any sort of discrimination. He named this ideal society “ Begampura " (Be-Gam-Pura) a place with no sorrow.  A city which is casteless, classless, where everybody is equal. Nobody is taxed and nobody owns wealth. There is no injustice, no worries, no terror and no exploitation or torture. That was Ravidas’ Begampura. With this city of his dreams, he laid the foundation of social equality in India the 15th century. Bhagat Ravidas Bani The following shabad of Bhagat Ravidas from Sri Guru Granth Sahib gives a detailed description of this concept in  Page 345 : ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ ਰਵਿਦਾਸ ਜੀ ਕੇ ਪਦੇ ਗਉੜੀ ਗੁਆਰੇਰੀ Raag Gauri, Padas Of Ravi Daas Jee, Gauree Gwaarayree: ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਗੁਰਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ One Universal Creator God. Truth Is The Name. Creative Being Personified. By Guru's Grace: ਮੇਰੀ ਸੰਗਤਿ ਪੋਚ ਸੋਚ ਦਿਨੁ ਰਾਤੀ ॥ The company I keep is wretched and low, and I am anxiou

Swan Valley - The First Settlement in Punjab

  Soan Valley, West Punjab It is said that rivers give birth to civilisations and if a river dries up or changes its path, the civilisation also dies eventually. However, some rivers continue to exist become cradle of history as one civilisation after another rises and falls on their banks. Soan River has proven to be one such asset which has seen the rise and fall of many civilisations and cultures. . Also pronounced as Swan Valley , the beautiful Soan Valley is the home of Khatri clan of Sawhneys , also pronounced as Sahnis . Though Soan is considered to be one of Pakistan’s smaller rivers, this is an important stream of the Pothohar region and historically has been the centre of pre-historic Soanian culture. Emerging from the foothills of Patriata and Murree, Soan River eventually falls into Indus River near Makkar, the ancestral home of Makkar Khatri clan. Soanian Sites in Shivalik Hills  The last names of many Pothohar region is historically derrived from this region: Sawhney o