Gurudwaras in Nankana Sahib

Gurdwara Nihang Singhan This Gurdwara is situated in between Gurdwara Tambu Sahid and Gurdwara HarGobind Sahib. No historical evidence is forthcoming in connection with this Gurdwara. The Gurdwara is safe but no ceremony is held here.

Gurudwara Nankana Sahib Sikh history originates from Nankana Sahib. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikh faith, was born here in 1469. The name of the place at that time was Rai Bhoi di Talwandi. The landlord contemporary of Guru Nanak Dev was Rai Bular, who himself became a Devotee of the Guru. It was […]

Gurdwara Patti Sahib, also called Gurudwara Maulvi Patti, lies midway between Gurudwara Janam Asthan and Gurudwara Bal Lila. It is along the road leading from Janam Asthan to the railway station. Patti means a wooden tablet on which young scholars practise writing. Hence the name of the Shrine which represents the Village school attended by Guru […]

Gurudwara Chevin Patshahi  is dedicated to Guru Hargobind, who visited Nankana Sahib on his way back from Kashmir in 1620. It is close to Gurudwara TambO Sahib and represents the site of the Guru’s camp. Guru HarGobind here joined the traditional Nomani (or Nirjala) IkaDashi fair that year. Guru HarGobind Ji also sanctified Gurdwara Nanakana […]

Gurudwara Maal ji Sahib is also near the railway station but closer to town. Mal (also called jal and van) is a shady tree. It is said that once as Rai Bular was riding among the fields in this area, he saw young Nanak sleeping in the shade of a mal tree. What struck Rai Bular […]

Gurdwara Kiara Sahib: Kiara means an agricultural field or plot. This Gurudwara is related to a miracle wrought by Guru Nanak Dev in his boyhood. It is situated east of the present town, near the railway station. It is said that the boy Nanak was once grazing cattle hereabout. While he sat absorbed in meditation, […]

Both of these historical Shrines are situated near Tambo Sahib on the road leading towards Janamasthan Nankana Sahib. The Shrine of Sat Gur Arjun Dev Ji is without a dome whereas the sacred Shrine of the Patshah of meeri peeri Guru HarGobind has been built with dome and both the Shrines have a common boundary […]

Gurudwara Bal Lilah Sahib This Gurudwara is associated with the wondrous profiles of the early childhood of Guru Nanak. Gurudwara Bal Lilah is situated about half a kilometer from the holy Shrine of Janam Asthan. Rai Bular, the ruler of Talwandi, got constructed the holy Sarovar Nanaksar. Guru Nanak Dev in his childhood used to […]

Gurudwara Tambu Sahib: Once Guru Nanak’s father, Mahita Kalo, gave him some money and sent him to Chuharkana, a market town, to purchase merchandise. But the Guru spent all the money in feeding a band of ascetics and came back fully satisfied with what he had done. Only as he neared Taiwandi, did he realise […]