It is an old town on the banks of river Beas, near Khadur Sahib, about 25 km from Tarn Taran and about 50 km from Amritsar. The town was a ferry and a major junction on Sultanpur-Lahore road. Guru Amar Das Sahib, Guru Ram Das Sahib and Guru Arjan Sahib stayed here for several years. Guru Hargobind Sahib and Guru Har Rai Sahib also visited this village. Guru Arjan Sahib was born in this town. During those days, there was acute shortage of drinking water in the village. To overcome the shortage of water a Baoli (deep well) was built by Guru Amar Das Sahib in 1556.
The main shrines of this town are: (1) Baoli Sahib (built on the Baoli, dug by Guru Amar Das in 1556). One has to descend 84 stairs to reach water of this Baoli. (By the end of 1800 the number of the steps was less than 80). These 84 stairs were covered with marble in 1906. The dome of this Gurdwara is gold-plated. (2) Khuh Guru Ram Das Sahib: (This well had been built by Guru Ram Das Sahib. Bhai Gurdas, the scribe of the first volume of Guru Granth Sahib, breathed his last at this site). (3) Chaubara Sahib (It was the residence of Guru Amar Das Sahib and Guru Ram Das. Guru Amar Das used to hold his court here. Guru Arjan was born here (a separate Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Arjan Sahib has also been built here. Guru Ram Das breathed his last here. A palanquin, believed to be from the time of Guru Arjan, has been preserved here.). (4) Guriai Asthan (where Guru Ram Das was crowned as the fourth Guru) (5) Joti Jot Asthan Patshahi Tiji (a separate Manji Sahib, adjacent to Guriai Asthan has been built at the site where Guru Amar Das breathed his last). (6) Thara Sahib Guru Amar Das Sahib (Here Guru Amar Das used to sit to supervise the digging of the Baoli). (7) Killi Sahib (According to a hagiographic story, Guru Amar Das used to hold a Killi (a peg), for support, while ‘meditatin’. A peg, now covered with silver plate, has been fixed in one of the walls of Chaubara Sahib. This seems to be an after thought as there is no concept of such a meditation in Sikhism and this anti-Sikh structure was built by ignorant/phoney managers of the shrine). Besides, there are memorials of Baba Anand (son of Baba Mohari and grandson of Guru Amar Das) and Baba Mohan (son of Guru Amar Das). Another Gurdwara Damdama Sahib, about 3 km from the village, has been built to preserve memory of the visit of Guru Amar Das. According to a story, Guru Sahib used to rest here while fetching water for Guru Angad from river Beas. This story seems to be an after thought as the river Beas flows more than 10 km from Khadur and it is not possible to believe that there was no well at or near Khadur at that time. This town was visited by Akbar (the Mogul emperor), on November 24, 1598 (once earlier too).