Talk:Raikot

Educational Facilties
Raekot provides quality education. The prominent schools in this area are Sacred Heart Convent school, Mahavir Jain High school, Tagore Modern school, Raekot Public school, S.G.G. Senior secondary school and M.D.N vidya mandir school.

Raekot Public School is the only prestigious school in the area. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.212.52.99 (talk) 08:28, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Regarding the professional education, there are three nursing institutes G.H.G college, Bengal Institute of Health Sciences and Lajjawati Jain Memorial, one Pharmacy college, one B.Ed. college for girls, one Girls college(S.G.G. Girls college)with Arts, Commerce & computer courses and one Co-educational college (B.S.C. college of Management) dealing in B.C.A. and B.B.A.

There are private institutes like Aptech Computer Education-which is one of the oldest IT and computer institute. It is providing courses in computers since 1999.At present they are offering short term computer courses, career courses, unversity degree-B.Sc and university diplomas-DCA and PGDCA.

Other vocational training institutes like English Helpline and P.T.U. Study Centre providing facilities in making the computer and communications skills more efficient. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.166.255.60 (talk) 04:13, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Religious Importance
Raekot has a religious significance as well. Shri Guru Gobind Singh came to this place and spent few time here.

Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji came in this city and resided in the Bumper Forests on 19 poh of the calender year 1761 (Bikrami January 1705). There is a famous incident related to Guru Ji. A shephard Noora Mahi of Rai Kalha used to go for grazing buffaloes at the time of rising Sun. Then Guru ji asked Noora Mahi to give milk for drinking. Noora Mahi told respectfuly that he had already milked the buffaloes at home. Then Guru Ji handed over the Ganga Sagar (a vessle) having 288 holes to Noora Mahi and pointed towards non-milking buffaloes for milking. Noora started milking by following the order of Guru ji. Noora wondered, when the non-milking Buffaloes gave milk and even a drop of milk didn't spill out from Ganga Sagar.

A famous historical gurudwara Shri Taliahana Sahib situated there.It is at a distance of few hundered meters from raikot Bus Stand.People from all over punjab and different parts of world visit this gurudwara to take blessings from god. There is a huge rush on punya day.

comment added by Ramansingal27 (talk • contribs) 17:44, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

There is also a statue of Lord Hanuman with height 31 feet constructed here. It is situated in Shiv Mandir Bagichi near Kutba Gate. There is also an ancient mosque present in the city where many people go for worship.

Highlights
Raekot is famous for its two seasonal sweets Gajarpak and Reaour. These sweets are in full swing during the New Year eve and Lohri festival.

This place has four main markets named Kutba Bazaar, Jain Bazaar, Talwandi Bazaar and Committee Bazaar. Though this place has some good shopping points like Oz supermarket but still most of the people prefer shopping from the four markets mentioned above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.166.255.60 (talk) 04:37, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Connectivity
Raekot is situated on Ludhiana – Bathinda main highway. It is very well connected via roads to Ludhiana, Barnala, Jagraon, Malerkotla, Dhuri and Ahmedgarh.

Buses are available for all of the above places from the main bus stand of the city. However, people can also hire private cabs for visiting places in India. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.166.255.60 (talk) 04:42, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Medical Facilities
Raekot has average number of hospitals which provide medical services to the people of Raekot and the people of the villages situated near to this town. The main hospitals of this area are Life Care Hospital opposite State Bank of Patiala, Sandhu Nursing home near old bus stand, Simrat Nursing Home near new bus stand, Delhi Nursing Home opposite State Bank of Patiala, Bengali Hospital on Talwandi road, Bansal Charitable Hospital opposite Reliance petrol pump, Lajjawati Jain Memorial Hospital on Barnala road and Sheela Jain Hospital near police station. These hospitals provide good First Aid facilities so that the patients can go to Ludhiana and can get advanced treatments in the case of serious injuries.

There are also small clinics situated in the city like Sharma Nursing Home near Kutba Gate, Kamal Nursing Home in Kutba Bazaar, Dr. Sobodh's clinic for children near old bus stand, Dr. Pandher's clinic on Talwandi road and Aulakh Dental care near Telephone Exchange.

This city also has a Civil hospital situated in Focal Point on Jagraon road. Though this hospital is in good condition but the approach of this hospital is not good because it is situated off way. So, many people prefer private hospitals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.166.226.60 (talk) 09:19, 23 July 2009 (UTC)