Ghoman, Gurdaspur

Ghoman or Ghuman is a village in Tehsil Sri Hargobindpur of Gurdaspur district of Punjab, India.

The village lies 44 kilometres south of the Gurdaspur District Headquarters, about 10 kilometres west of Sri Hargobindpur.

A shrine there is dedicated to Namdev, a Bhakti saint, and is believed by the villagers to represent the place where he was cremated after his travels from Maharashtra.^[1] The tradition, which also says that he spent the last 20 years of his life in that village, is not universally accepted. The village is now famous as a town due to substantial business expansion. Ghoman is also famous for presence of Radhasoami population. ^[2]

Postal Index Number of Ghoman is 143514.

^ Dass, Nirmal (2000). Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth. SUNY Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780791446836.
^ Sadarangani, Neeti M. (2004). Bhakti Poetry in Medieval India: Its Inception, Cultural Encounter and Impact. Sarup & Sons. p. 146. ISBN 9788176254366.

[1] Dass, Nirmal (2000). Songs of the Saints from the Adi Granth. SUNY Press. p. 26. ISBN 9780791446836.

[2] Sadarangani, Neeti M. (2004). Bhakti Poetry in Medieval India: Its Inception, Cultural Encounter and Impact. Sarup & Sons. p. 146. ISBN 9788176254366.

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