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Gurdwara Haji Rattan is situated at Bathinda and is around 2 km from city center. The Gurdwara is named after Haji Rattan, a Muslim saint, who was close to some Sikh Gurus who visited the place during their lifetime. The tomb of Haji Rattan and a mosque lies next to the Gurdwara. People belonging to Sikh and Muslim communities throng these places on auspicious occasions and celebrate their festivals. Haji Rattan is a most unusual name for a Sikh Gurdwara. While on his way to Talwandi Sabo Guru Gobind Singh camped here for the night outside the mausoleum of the Muslim saint Haji Rattan. The tomb\'s keepers tried to dissuade the Guru from sleeping here with the excuse that the place was haunted. Since Sikhs don\'t build tombs and the Guru like other Sikhs didn\'t believe in ghosts he spent the night here to show the people that such superstitions were ungrounded. One of the most intriguing things is that Haji Ratan of Bhatinda in Punjab is claimed by Hindus, Mus...

Gurudwara Tahli Sahib, Gondpur  is located about 7 km away from Mahilpur, district Hoshiarpur. Gurdwara Tahli Sahib, is dedicated to Guru Hargobind Ji, who came here from Pur Hiran on his way to Kiratpur Sahib and stayed in a grove of tahli trees.  A platform was raised on the site amid the grove as a memorial which used to be called Guru Kian Tahlian. The platform was later replaced by a Gurudwara. The present building, constructed in 1930, is a rectangular hall, with a sanctum at the northern end. A square room with a lotus dome above it tops the sanctum. In the adjoining compound is the Guru Ka Langar and rooms for the Granthi Singhs. The Gurdwara is affiliated to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and is managed by the local committee. Besides daily services, special assemblies are held on the 1st and 13th day of every Phagun especially because of the belief that it was on the 13th day of the month of Phagun when Guru Hargobind Ji visited the place. ...

Gurdwara Tahli Sahib Majitha Verka Byepass Road, Amritsar, Punjab.     This is meditation place of Guru Nanak Dev’s elder son Shri Baba Shri Chand Ji and Dhan Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Ji is touching the feet. After making the tour of world Baba Shri Chand was meditatig due to thick trees and by knowing Ramnik Place. Baba Shri Chand Ji made meditation at this place for 17 years. Due to availability of service of water and thick population of Village Baba Shri Chand Ji was staying to the maximum extent at this place.  Baba Shri Chand Ji at this place near to the well doing the Datan of Tahli after making the same into two piece fixed in the earth. This Karishma of Baba Shri Chand Ji this Datan convertered into Two Tahli and which is still lying and is in existence at Gurdwara Sahib. Shri Guru Arjan Dev Ji in his mind there was a desire to see Baba Shri Chand Ji and then Guru Arjan Dev Ji came to see Baba Shri Chand Ji but Baba Shri Chandi before coming Shri Guru Ar...

GURUDWARA SHRI HARIAAN VELLAN SAHIB is situated in the Bajrour Village in Hoshiarpur Distt. This Gurdwara is situated at a distance of 14 Km from Hoshiarpur Railway Station near Chabbewal on Hoshiarpur-Garhshankar Road in Village Bajrour, District Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Seventh Sikh Guru, Shri Guru Har Rai Ji visited this place alongwith his wife and 2200 horse-riders army in 1651. Guru Ji stayed here for 3 Days at the house of Baba Prajapati Ji on seeing his deep devotion and love. The Gurdwara is situated at the place where the house of Baba Prajapati Ji once existed. Upon hearing the news of Guru Ji's visit, the followers came in large numbers and got blessings of Guru Ji. Guru Ji used to hold Preaching Diwans two times in the Day, in the Morning and the Evening. The desires of all the followers were fulfilled by Guru Ji. Baba Prajapati Ji dug roots of a creeping plant and offered these to Guru Ji's horse. The horse on eating these roots became very happy. Guru Ji ...

Baba Ram Rai was the eldest son of the Seventh Sikh Guru, Guru Har Rai Ji. Guru Harkrishan was the youngest of Guru Har Rai Ji's three children. Baba Ji's sister Sarup Kaur was almost four years older than him. Baba Ram Rai was excommunicated from sikhi by Guru Har Rai ji. Ram Rai was nine years older than Guru Harkrishan. Baba Ji was born in a palace called Sheesh Mahal. It is said that this palace, the residence of Guru Har Rai, was constructed on the model of the Sheesh Mahal of Jaipur. A Seesh Mahal is a room whose ceiling is laced with tiny small mirrors. Lighting a candle makes the ceiling look like a galaxy of stars, twinkling above. Such splendid mirrored rooms, popular with the Rajputs, became a standard feature in Mughal Palaces and later in Sikh Religious Architecture. Background After Aurangzeb had imprisoned his father and had finally wrested the Mughal throne away from his eldest half-brother Dara Shikoh (who their father Shah Jahan had preferred as the...

Gurdwara Mata Kaulan Sahib or Gurdwara Kaulsar Sahib is a sacred Sikh shrine on the west-side of Gurdwara Baba Atal in Amritsar, Punjab near the main Darbar Sahib at Harmandar Sahib. Next to the Gurdwara Mata Kaulan lies a Sarovar (pool) known as Kaulsar Sahib or Kaulsar Sarvor, named after a holy lady who was raised as a Muslim called Bibi Kaulan, the adopted (possibly Hindu) daughter of the Qazi of Lahore. Mata Kaulan was a spiritual woman during time of Guru Hargobind Sahib. Kaulan means the one who is Living in abode of Lotus. There are different views of historians regarding Mata Kaulan and her relation with Guru Hargobind with one common view that she was true disciple of Guru Hargobind. She had been kidnapped by a Muslim priest of the court called Qazi Rustam Khan. He was based in Lahore, Pakistan. Qazi Rustam Khan had stolen her from her Hindu parents while she was a child. The Qazi gave her the education of Islam and sent her to Saint Mian Mir for higher schooling. ...

The Gurudwara is located next to a small village named Kothay Pind (village) on the West bank of the Ravi River. The original resting place founded by Guru Nanak Ji was washed away by floods of the river Ravi and the present Gurudwara was rebuilt in its place at a cost of Rs.1,35,600, from funds donated by Sardar Bhupinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala. It was subsequently repaired by the Govt. of Pakistan in 1995 incurring expenditures in lakhs of rupees. The Gurudwara at Kartarpur has a spacious and beautiful building and can be seen from another Gurudwara located across the Indian border in the historical town of Dehra Baba Nanak. The shrine is located about 3 kms from the Indo-Pakistan border. Unlike other holy places of Sikh religion in Pakistan, this Gurudwara is one of its kinds.  According to Sikh history when Guru Nanak died, Hindus and Muslims disagreed upon how to perform his last rites. A samadhi (Hindu tradition) lies in the Gurudwara and a grave (acco...

This Gurdwara is displaying its splendour in the village Padhana located outer west to the village, near Police Station Barki, district Lahore. Sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji (1595-1644) arrived in this village from Dhilvan due to the love and affection of the villagers. During his stay, he talked about Sat Gur Ji with a Jat of Sandhu clan named Jalhan Jat, a prominent land lord of the village. Initially Gurdwara was built in a simple pattern. Sardar Attar Singh of Padhana, the chief of this village, started the reconstruction of it, and with the efforts of villagers a beautiful building was erected. A local committee used to arrange for the Langar. During the 1947 partition of Punjab region, The Sikhs masses had to leave the Historic Gurdwara of Chhevin Patshahi. It was then occupied by the Mewati muslims from Haryana area, who settled in the Interior of the Gurdwara, as the years went the building started to become in the state of Neglect. The premises of Gurdwara is ...

The Patshah of Meeri and Piri Secular and Temporal Guru Hargobind Ji stayed in this place while on his way back from Kashmir.  Gurudwara Chhevin Patshahi is dedicated to Guru Hargobirid, who visited Nankana Sahib on his way back from Kashmir in 1620. It is close to Gurudwara Tambu Sahib and represents the site of the Guru's camp. Guru Hargobind here joined the traditional Nomani (or Nirjala) Ikadashi fair that year. The place is located inside Kabuli Gate. Guru Hargobind Ji also sanctified Gurdwara Nanakana Sahib in 1613 A.D. (Samwat 1670) with his visit, after returning from Kashmir. The Guru deputed one Almast, a disciple of Baba Sri Chand, to render care and service to the Gurdwara.The Guru had brought Almast along with him from Kashmir during his journey. A Gurdwara stands erected at the place where the Guru rested for three days. It is situated in the close vicinity of Gurdwara Tambu Sahib. The Guru paid a holy visit to this place in June (Namani Akadashi). Since then a fes...

Gurudwara Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib: is the principal Sikh temple in the town Anandpur Sahib.The city began as Chakk Nanaki, which was founded by Guru Tegh Bahadur in 1665. His son Guru Gobind Singh ji, who spent 25 years of his life in the city, added greatly to the city's size, giving it the new name of the City of Bliss (Anandpur). Its foundation stone was laid on March 30,1689. In fact, It was here that the Khalsa was born with the first initiation of Khande Di Pahul, when the young Guru called for a special congregation on the Baisakhi day of 1699 with thousands of Sikhs in attendance. One can only imagine how large the area was around Keshgarh Sahib then to accommodate the many thousands of Sikhs in attendance on that historic day. Thus it marks the birthplace of Khalsa and one of the five religious authorities (Five Takhts) of Sikhism. Standing on a hillock, the present complex was built between 1936 and 1944. The plan of the building is a square set inside a 30 square ...

Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi, dedicated to Guru Har Gobind, is situated between the railway line and the Pehowa road, about 2 kilometres from the Kurukshetra bus stand. The Guru's princely appearance and armed retinue attracted many pilgrims who were puzzled to know that this warlord-appearing person was the spiritual successor of the saintly Baba Nanak. But their doubts were dispelled when they listened to the Guru's discourse on the relation between bhakti and shakti (prayer and power). Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahi is the premier Gurdwara of Kurukshetra where offices of the local and regional managing committees are located. This is also the most spacious and most magnificent of the local Gurdawaras. Guru ka Langar, sarovar and availability of accommodation for pilgrims is available only at this place. Originally, the shrine was marked only by a platform over which a Gurdwara was raised in 1909. After 1947 a large number of Sikhs, uprooted from Pakistan, found temporary refu...