The overnight 14553/4 Delhi Una Himachal Express train connects Delhi with Anandpur Sahib (sleeper/3AC/2AC 165/430/590, hong kong electric plug eight hours, daily). It departs Delhi at 10.15pm and on the return leg it departs Anandpur Sahib at 10pm.
MK Sood Guesthouse HOTEL $ (%5093376; r 650; a) MK s rooms all have AC, are good sized and well maintained with decent bathrooms and comfy beds. All this, along with the helpful staff , make it a reasonably good choice near the Golden Temple.
Wandering around the skinny alleys of the old city bazaars is a head-spinning assault on the senses. There are shops selling everything from devotional ornaments to jootis; a good place for jootis is around Gandhi Gate (Hall Gate), where they start at 200. Katra Jaimal Singh Bazaar is full of salwar kameez and saris, while the city s more modern shops can be found along Lawrence and Mall Rds.
Faridkot was once capital of a Sikh state of the same name and has a 700-year-old fortress. The 13th-century poet and Sufi Baba Sheikh Farid lived here, and he is honoured by a festival (see p 200 ). His belief in equality influenced Guru Nanak (see the boxed text, p 1110 ) and some of his poems are in the Sikh holy book, the Guru Granth Sahib.
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