Sacred Places
26 places found
SikhismGurdwara Baba Atal
Amritsar · India · gurdwara
A nine-storey gurdwara rising beside the Kaulsar sarovar in Amritsar, a short walk south of Sri Harmandir Sahib, built in memory of Baba Atal Rai Ji, the young son of Guru Hargobind Sahib.
SikhismGurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat
Patna · India · gurdwara
A small gurdwara in a quiet lane of Patna Sahib, marking the household of Raja Fateh Chand Maini, where the child Guru Gobind Singh Ji often sat in the queen's lap and shared her simple offering of boiled, salted gram.
SikhismGurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib
Patiala · India · gurdwara
A gurdwara in Patiala whose sarovar is held to carry healing grace, raised where Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji rested beneath a banyan tree in 1672 and eased the suffering of the village of Lehal.
SikhismGurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib · India · gurdwara
The gurdwara at Fatehgarh Sahib marks where the two youngest sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji were martyred in December 1705, and the ground that Diwan Todar Mal bought with gold coins so that they could be cremated with dignity.
Sikhism
Gurdwara Guru ka Bagh
Patna · India · gurdwara
A gurdwara in Dhaulpura, Patna, marking the garden where Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji first set foot on returning to the city and was welcomed home by the sangat and by the young Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
SikhismGurdwara Karamsar Rara Sahib
Rara Sahib · India · gurdwara
Gurdwara Karamsar stands in the village of Rara Sahib in Ludhiana district, Punjab, raised in 1936 by two Brahmgiani saints, Sant Isher Singh Ji and Sant Kishan Singh Ji, whose lives of simran and seva gave the site its name and its enduring character.
Sikhism
Gurdwara Manji Sahib
Alamgir · India · gurdwara
Gurdwara Manji Sahib stands at the edge of Alamgir village near Ludhiana, Punjab, marking the spot where Guru Gobind Singh Ji rested on a manji, a low wooden cot, while passing through in disguise after the battle of Chamkaur in December 1704.
Sikhism
Gurdwara Mata Sundri
New Delhi · India · gurdwara
Gurdwara Mata Sundri stands on Mata Sundri Lane in central Delhi, on the ground where Mata Sundari, wife of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, lived for the last twenty years of her life and guided the Khalsa Panth after the Guru's passing.
SikhismGurdwara Paonta Sahib
Paonta Sahib · India · gurdwara
Gurdwara Paonta Sahib rises on the bank of the River Yamuna in Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, where Guru Gobind Singh Ji made his home for several years and composed major portions of the Dasam Granth.
SikhismGurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib
New Delhi · India · gurdwara
Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib stands near Parliament House in New Delhi, on the ground where Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji's body was cremated in November 1675 after his martyrdom at Chandni Chowk.
SikhismGurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib
New Delhi · India · gurdwara
Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib marks the Chandni Chowk site where Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, was publicly beheaded in 1675 on the order of Aurangzeb, after refusing to convert to Islam and standing in defence of the Kashmiri Pandits' freedom to keep their own faith.
SikhismGurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Dhubri · India · gurdwara
Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib rises on the bank of the Brahmaputra in Dhubri, Assam, on ground the sangat holds sacred to two Sikh Gurus a century and a half apart. Known locally as Dumdume Gurdwara, its white marble domes are among the farthest-flung Sikh landmarks in northeastern India.