India’s Last Railway Station – Dera Baba Nanak : Gateway to Kartarpur Sahib and a Window to Faith

Описание: India’s Last Railway Station – Dera Baba Nanak : Gateway to Kartarpur Sahib and a Window to Faith


Derababa Nanak station serves Dera Baba Nanak in District: Gurdaspur (Punjab).
The station code name of Derababa Nanak is ‘DBNK’.


The total number of trains that pass through Derababa Nanak (DBNK) junction is 8.
Derababa Nanak Railway station falls under the Northern Railway zone.


The first train that arrives at Derababa Nanak is at DERABABA NANAK - VERKA DEMU at 06:05 hours.
The last train to depart Derababa Nanak station is the DERABABA NANAK - AMRITSAR DEMU at 19:15.


Dera Baba Nanak is a town in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India. It is the sub-district headquarters of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil. It is 36 km away from Gurdaspur city, the capital of the district. Since November 2019, a corridor between India and Pakistan has been established at its shrine.


Dera Baba Nanak, one of the most sacred places of the Sikhs, is situated on the banks of river Ravi.Three famous Gurudwaras at Dera Baba Nanak are Sri Darbar Sahib,Sri Chola Sahib and Tahli Sahib (Gurudwara of BaBa Sri Chand ji) eldest son of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru. Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru settled and is believed to have "mingled with the Almighty" near the village Pakhoke Mehmaran, opposite to the present town and named it Kartarpur - a town which lies over the border in Pakistan.The Bedis (Khatris), descendants of Guru Nanak built a new town and named it Dera Baba Nanak after their ancestor.


The town has a number of Gurdwaras. Pilgrims come to this holy town in large numbers. Dera Baba Nanak was made the headquarters of the newly created Tehsil of Dera Baba Nanak. Dera Baba Nanak is a historical town and has many lanes and houses that have been preserved since the time of Guru Nanak. Also from this town, pilgrims can see across the border into Pakistan and see the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur.


Gurudwara Sri Darbar Sahib was built in commemoration of Guru Nanak. He came here after his first Udasi (tour) during December 1515 AD to see members of his family. His wife Mata Sulakkhani and his two sons Sri Chand and Lakhmi Chand had come to stay here in their maternal home at Pakho-Ke-Randhawa near Dera Baba Nanak, where Lala Mool Raj, father–in–law of Guru Nanak, was working as a Patwari.