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Guru Nanak and Wali Qandhari After travelling through Arab and many other countries, the Guru reached a place called Hasan Abdal in 1521 A.D. in the summer season. It is about fifty kilometres from Rawalpindi in Pakistan to the west side of the mountains. It is hilly area. A few places there have natural fountains.. Guru ji with Bhai Mardana and a small party halted there at the foot of a hill. Under a shady cool tree, Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana started reciting Kirtan as was their normal behaviour. Slowly, the local devotees began to gather around the Guru. Soon, a large crowd of people began regularly to gather around the Guru. He talked to them of God and the true path of the holy. He told them the greatness of God and His creations. More and more people began to gather around him every day.
On the top of the nearby hill, there lived a Muslim priest. His name was Bawa Wali Qandhari. Wali Qandhari had established a celebrated dera (holy place) at this hill at Hasan Abdal, near a natural fountain. His house was near a spring of fresh water from where the water flowed down to the town and was used by the people for all their needs. There was no other source of fresh water nearby. He used this dera to assist people who followed his faith and to punish the "non-believers". ....Continued.
