Gurudwara Bhai Buddhu Da Awa, Lahore

This Shrine is located on the Lahore-Amritsar (Grand Trunk) road facing the Engineering University. It is said that Bhai Buddhu, a Devotee of Guru had started a brick kiln, bug the bricks of his kiln could not be fully backed due to a curse spelled by Bhai Kamlia. Bhai Buddhu prayed to Guru Arjun Dev “Sacchay Patshah bless me!” Guru Dev Ji told him that the curse of a Sikh is final but added that his unbaked bricks would fetch the same price as that of the baked bricks. It so happened that in that year the demand for bricks soared so high that all the bricks of Bhai Buddha were sold. Bhai Buddhu built a Gurdwara as a part of his celebration. For a long time this Guru Sar remained under the control of Mahant of Satlani. Under the Gurdwara act of 1927 AD this came under the control of Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. In 1938 AD when building of Sikh National College was constructed a splendid building for Gurdwara was also built. The building of Gurdwara has collapsed but tomb of Buddhu is being maintained by the Archaeological Department. <p >This place is situated at Shalimar Road near Gulabi Gate (where the Sikh National College stood). It was earlier the brick klin of Bhai Budhu. Due to the admontition of Bhai Kamliya, the bricks remained raw. When Bhai Budhu went to Guru Arjan Dev for asking what to do, the Guru said that he could not alter what had been utterd by a Devout Sikh but assured the Sikh that these bricks would be sold at the discarded price. So much was the demand of the bricks that all the raw bricks were sold. To express his gratitude, Bhai Budhu got a Gurdwara consructed at a place of the klin, out of sheer joy and faith in the Guru. This Gurdwara was managed for a long time by the Mahants of the Satlani. In A.D. 1927, when Sikh National College was established, a magnificent building of this Gurdwara was also erected. This place has been taken over by the Archives after the partition. 

The awa (brick kiln) of Bhai Buddhu is situated on the Grand Trunk Road,
across from the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore which
was formerly known as the Sikh National College. Bhai Buddhu Mehta, who
in his time used to bake bricks in that very awa, was a devotee of Guru Arjan.
Buddhu belonged to a family of potters.

Lakhu Almast, brother of the Udasi Baalu Hasna, was a devoted Sikh in
Lahore, who typically liked to wear a kambli (blanket) around his shoulders.
Therefore, he was popularly known as Bhai Kamalia. One day, Bhai Kamalia
who had a very humble demeanour passed by Bhai Buddhu’s kiln and
requested a meal. Buddhu’s worldly success and wealth had made him
arrogant. He refused Bhai Kamalia the meal and asked him to go away.
Upon hearing Bhai Buddhu’s refusal, the hungry Sikh cursed him, saying,
“You have become very arrogant; your bricks shall always remain unbaked!”
It is said that Buddhu experienced a change in fortune after the curse. When
Guru Arjan Dev was in Lahore, Bhai Buddhu implored clemency from him.
Guru Arjan replied that the curse of a poor man could not be challenged;
however, the unbaked bricks would sell as comparable to the fully baked
bricks. Later, Bhai Buddhu was able to sell all his bricks at a huge profit,
since the demand for them had increased due to higher than usual rains in
Lahore that year. So, Bhai Buddhu constructed a gurdwara at the site of his
kiln as a gesture to exhibit his affection and appreciation toward Guru Arjan.
During the Sikh Period, Maharaja Sher Singh and Raja Hira Singh, by turn,
gathered armies of the Khalsa here to lay siege on Lahore.” General
Avitabile, an army commander of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, built a summer
house next to Buddhu Da Awa; a sign still marks its gate, though no trace of
the house remains.

Mahants of Gurusar Satlani used to manage this gurdwara, and in 1927, as a
result of Gurdwara Reform Movement, they turned over the control to a local
committee.” A large gurdwara was built in 1938, along with a new building
for the Sikh National College (now named University of Engineering and
Technology). Sardar Inder Singh of Tata Nagar (father of Baldev Singh, the
first Defense Minister of India) donated Rs. 100,000 for the college
construction, and Niranjan Singh was appointed the principal. The college
was shifted to Qadian, District Gurdaspur after the partition of 1947