Jor Mela

At the confluence of Lodhiya and Ratiya rivers, Gurdwara Sri Reetha Sahib, is one of the main pilgrimmage sites of Sikhs. Guru Nanak Dev along with his disciples visited Reetha Sahib in the year 1501. Guru Nanak is known to have blessed a Reetha (soap nut) tree such that it bore sweet reethas for his hungry disciple Mardana. The Jod festival is more than 500 years old and it begins with a series of Guru Granth Sahib recitations. Devotees who come to the Gurudwara are served sweet reetha (soap nut) prasad.  * The exact dates of the festival depend upon the Hindu Calendar.