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The Fair of Baba Sodal (August/September)
 The fair of Baba Sodal is held in the month of Bhadon (Mid August- Mid September) and be a magnet for pilgrims of all religions from different parts of Punjab, Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Baba Sodal was born in Jalandhar and the fair commemorates his death. According to the legend, Baba Sodal died by drowning in the pond where his mother used to wash clothes.
He has come to be worshipped as the infant god. The fair begins early in the morning when women come in large numbers to make contributions at the samadhi (burial site). Pilgrims take a holy dip in the a tank called 'Baba Sodal da Sarowar'
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