CHHABEEL

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How do you make Chhabeel?

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Cchabeel was traditionally a watering spot during puratan times in the towns and cities. Drinking water could be gotten from there and they were either small wells, springs or fountains. In later times the cchabeels were just tootis linked to the mains municipal water supply. These became redundant soon after the 20th century. At the main Gurudware a cchabeel could be found and taking water from there would have been free of cost.

Nowadays some Gurudware still retain a cchabeel in a more modern form eg Baba Deep Singh ji Shaheed cchabeel on the parikarma of the Harmandir Sahib. During Gurpurbs local sangat may set up a cchabeel on popular pilgrim routes eg the Garshankar to Anandpur Sahib highway. There you will be served water, tea, pop, juice, thandai, badam dudh, kachi lassi,sherbets etc...as well as snacks eg pakore.

Cchabeel is not actually a type of drink itself.