Gurudwara Sri Andruni Sahib Patshahi Dasvin, Bhadaur

Gurudwara Sri Andruni Sahib Patshahi  Dasvin, Bhadaur

BHADAUR, a small town 25 km northwest of Barnala (30°22`N, 75°32`E) in Sangrur district of the Punjab, is sacred to. Guru Gobind Singh, who came here from Dina in December 1705 following the chase. The area was then an uninhabited jungle land, and it was only after the Village of Bhadaur was founded by Baba Ala Singh, eighteenth century Sikh warrior and noble, that a shrine commemorating the Guru`s visit was established here.

Local tradition had also preserved the memory of Guru Hargobind having passed through this place so that the shrine was designated as Gurdwara Sahib Patshahi Chhevin Ate Dasvin (Andruni Qila), i.e. the holy gurdwara dedicated to the Sixth and the Tenth Gurus, located inside the fort. Only a few traces remain of the fort and there are now two different historical shrines in the town. Gurudwara Sri Andruni Sahib Patshahi  Dasvin, Bhadaur marking the site of the original shrine inside the town is a small building, the sanctum with a hall in front. A sword and a dagger, believed to have come down from Guru Gobind Singh, are kept here as sacred relics.

The hilt of the sword has the Gurmukhi inscription: Sri Akal Sahai Patshahi 10. Its blade too has some numerals and legends inscribed on one side and a round seal in Persian on the other side.