Swagath dan lader INDIAN $$ (%5000444; Sector 26; mains 195-575; h11ammidnight; a) Stellar Indian food with a focus on Mangalorean and Chettinad dan lader recipes. Seafood prawns, squid, crab and a tasty fish gassi (coconut-based curry) is artfully dan lader prepared, and the murg malai tikka (clay oven- cooked marinated chicken) isn t bad either.
Once the capital of an independent Sikh state that was established by Baba Ala Singh as the Mughals weakened, Patiala is today a modest town that sees just a trickle of travellers. It s well known for its kite fl ying during the Basant festival and, of course, the Patiala peg (see the boxed text, p 212 ).
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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