Gurudwara Beer Baba Budha Ji, Thatha Amritsar
Gurudwara Beed Baba Budha ji is situated on Chaabal Amritsar road. Baba Budha ji spend much part of his life here. Guru Arjan Dev ji also visited this place. Mata Ganga ji desired her wish for son which Guru Arjan Dev ji suggested her to pay homage to Baba Budha ji and ask for putar di daat, Mata ji got delecious food prepared and visited Baba Ji here. But Baba ji refused to accept the food. Later Mata ji herself prepared missi roti and a onion (pyaag) and visited Baba ji. Baba Budha ji blessed Mata ji with son and told her that her son would be great warrior and he will crush muslims head as he crushed the onion. And Later Mata ji and Sri Guru Arjan Dev ji was blessed with putar Sri Guru HarGobind Sahib ji
This Gurdwara is popularly known as simply Bir Sahib, is situated about 2 km northwest of Thatta. The present complex was raised by Baba Kharak Singh, a follower of Bhai Gurmukh Singh Sevavale. The sanctum, where the Guru Granth Sahib is seated on a canopied seat of white marble, is a metre high square platform at the far end of a rectangular hall constructed in 1951.
The 70 metre square Sarovar is to the north of this hall. A spacious divan hall was added in 1975. Guru ka Langar with a large dining hall and a two storeyed residential block for pilgrims are in a separate compound. Besides, there is a Khalsa higher secondary school (established 1963) as well as a Khalsa College (established 1969), both named after Baba Budha.
Baba Budha Ji spent many years looking after the "bir", literally a reserved forest used for cattle grazing, said to have been offered to Guru Arjan by Chaudhari Langah of Patti out of his private lands.
According to Gurbilas Chhevin Patshahi, it was here on 21 Assu 1651 Bikramik (20th September 1594), that Mata Ganga the wife of Guru Arjan, received blessings for an illustrious son (the future Guru Hargobind, Nanak VI) from Baba Budha.
When Mata Ganga, the wife of the fifth Sikh Guru desired the blessings of a son from her husband, Guru Arjan Sahib Ji, he suggested that she pay a visit to Baba Budha Ji to ask for the gift. Mata Ji had delicious food prepared by her attendees and visited Baba Ji at this venue with great pomp. But Baba ji refused to accept the food.
Later Mata Ji herself prepared a simple and basic meal of "missi roti and pyaag" (basic Indian bread and onion) and visited Baba Ji. Baba Budda Ji blessed Mata Ji by telling her that her son would be a great warrior and he will crush the tyrant heads as he simultaneously crushed the onion with a clinched fist. Consequently, Mata Ji and Guru Arjan were blessed with a one son who later became the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind.
Located 20 km south of Amritsar in the Village of Thatta on Chaabal Amritsar road, Gurdwara Bir Baba Budha Sahib popularly known as Bir Sahib is the place where Baba Budha Ji spend much part of his life (1506 – 1631). This is also the place where Guru Arjan Dev Ji and his wife Mata Ganga was blessed with the son, Sri HarGobind Sahib.
The present building was constructed by Baba Kharak Singh, a follower of Sant Gurmukh Singh Sevavale. In the years 1951 and 1975, a rectangular hall and a spacious divan hall was added to it. At an end of the rectangular hall, the holy book Guru Granth Sahib is placed on a canopied seat which is a meter high square platform made of white marble. The 70 metre square Amrit Sarovar is on the northern side of this hall. While digging the Sarovar, Baba ji was the coordinator of the volunteers and he sat on the border of the Sarovar under the shade of a Jujubee tree to perform his duty, which still stands alive.
Near the Gurdwara in a separate compound, there is a two storied residential block and Guru Ka Langar with a large dining hall that is specially constructed for pilgrims.