Ghuram is a village in the
Patiala district
Patiala district is one of the twenty three districts in the state of Punjab in north-west India.
Patiala district lies between 38 47’ and 39 41’ north latitude, 115 58’ and 116 54' east longitude, in the southeast part of the state. I ...
of
Punjab, India
Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal ...
.
History
An ancient site called Ram Garh is located in Ghuram. Some coins discovered here were attributed to the ancient
Audumbara tribe by archaeologists G. B. Sharma and Manmohan Kumar,
but later scholars have assigned these to the Mitra rulers including Indramitra. In 1976, Sharma discovered a seal bearing the
Gupta Brahmi
The Gupta script (sometimes referred to as Gupta Brahmi script or Late Brahmi script)Sharma, Ram. '' 'Brahmi Script' ''. Delhi: BR Publishing Corp, 2002 was used for writing Sanskrit and is associated with the Gupta Empire of the Indian subcon ...
legend "Ghvankrum", which may be the ancient name of Ghuram. According to a local tradition,
Kaushalya, the mother of the legendary hero
Rama
Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...
, was born in Ghuram.
Mound of Ghuram, district Patiala, Punjab.jpg , Mound of Ghuram
Bhikham Shah Da Maqbra, Ghuram,district Patiala, Punjab.jpg , Bhikham Shah Da Maqbra
Ghuram is mentioned as "Kuhram" in
Persian language sources such as ''
Ain-i-Akbari
The ''Ain-i-Akbari'' ( fa, ) or the "Administration of Akbar", is a 16th-century detailed document recording the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl in the Persian language. It for ...
''.
After the
Ghurid ruler
Mu'izz ad-Din defeated the
Chahamana king
Prithviraja III at the
Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, he placed his general
Qutb al-Din Aibak
Qutb ud-Din Aibak ( fa, قطبالدین ایبک), (1150 – 14 November 1210) was a Turkic general of the Ghurid king Muhammad Ghori. He was in charge of the Ghurid territories in northern India, and after Muhammad Ghori's assassination in ...
at Ghuram.
According to a legend, when the Sikh leader
Guru Gobind Singh
Guru Gobind Singh (; 22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708), born Gobind Das or Gobind Rai the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When his father, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was executed by Aurangzeb, Guru Gobind Sing ...
was born at
Patna, Bhikhan Shah - a Muslim
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
fakir
Fakir ( ar, فقیر, translit=faḳīr or ''faqīr'') is an Islamic term traditionally used for Sufi Muslim ascetics who renounce their worldly possessions and dedicate their lives to the worship of God. They do not necessarily renounce al ...
of Ghuram - had visions of his divinity. Bhikhan Shah traveled to Patna with some of his followers, and told the Gobind Singh's maternal uncle Kirpal Singh about his visions.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census of India, the village has 3,165 people living in 614 households. This includes 1,670 males and 1,495 females. 519 villagers belong to the
scheduled castes. The number of literates is 1,827.
References
{{Patiala district
Villages in Patiala district