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Musapur — village — Coordinates Country India State Punjab District(s) SBS Nagar,Nawan Shahr Councellor (Village Chief) Baljit Kaur Kandola Official languages Punjabi Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Musapur is an agricultural village (pind) in the Nawanshahr district (Now known as 'Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar District') of Punjab in India.
Baba Sundar Das an influential parcharak (preacher) of Sikhism from Guru Nanak Dev Ji's time hailed from this village. A gurdwara stands at the site of his historic samaadh today. This Gurdwara has recently undergone a complete refurbishment and the opening ceremony was held in February 2008.
Gurdwara Nath Ji an influential parcharak (preacher) of Sikhism is also situated in musapur.
It is one village that have Sikh Temples on all four sides.
The main surname of the residents in this village is Kandola. There are also a number of people with the surnames Joshi, Atwal, Poonia, Bhambra, Chopra, Rall and Verma residing here. The surname Seyan is also believed to originate from this village.
Another sub caste 'Ladher'/'Banga'/'Mahey'/'Heer'/'Seniaray'/'Ghai'/'Guru' is also main in the village in Ravidasia[sechuled caste] community, as well as every other castes. The strength of SC community is more than 80% out of the total population of the village.There have five Gurudwaras named Gurudwara Baba Sunder Das Ji, Gurdwara Baba Nath Ji, Gurudwara Guru Ravidas Ji, Gurdwara Baba Shahidan, Gurdwara Durgiana Sahib and a "Shiv Mander" where worshipped by all Hindus community, 'Balmik Mander' for the Balmik community, situated at the residential area of the village. All the citizen of the village is celebrate all the functions, gurpurves or other devotional programes from spirtual mind like as brother and sisters.
Famous Punjabi song writer Amarjit Musapuria also belongs to this village. Other Famous person of this village is, Mrs. Baljit Kaur (Sarpanch), Sr. Surinder Pal Singh Kandola, Sr. Jagjit Singh (Ex- DEO), Sh. Nirmal Singh North (Manager), Mr.Satnam Deepak Banga (AAO), Sr. Sohan Singh (Lambardar), Giani Ajit Singh (Panch)Musapur is close to both cities of Banga and Nawanshahr, and is near to the villages of Rasoolpur, Mungowal, Kahma,Kariha, Bhangalan, Lodhi Pur, Chahal Khurad and Karnana.
Coordinates: 31°8′4.27″N 76°2′40.03″E / 31.1345194°N 76.0444528°E
Categories:- Villages in Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district
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