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Painting of Guru Har Krishan blessing Raja Jai Singh of Jaipur, by D.A. Ahuja of Rangoon. Gurdwara Bangla Sahib was originally a bungalow belonging to Raja Jai Singh, an Hindu Rajput ruler in the seventeenth century, and was known as Jaisinghpura Palace, in Jaisingh Pura, an historic neighbourhood demolished to make way for the Connaught Place, shopping district. [4]
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Gurdwara Bangla Sahib is the most visited one in Delhi. Millions visit from all over the world and of all religions to offer their prayers at this elegant yet historical gurdwara in Delhi. The gurdwara marks the place where the eighth Sikh Guru, Guru Harkrishan, lived his last breath serving the population ravaged by the smallpox and cholera ...
Gurudwara Bangla Sahib; Gurdwara Dam Dama Sahib; ... Pakistan, the burial place of the founder of Sikhism Gurdwara Panja Sahib at Hasan Abdal, Punjab, ...
Exterior of the Gurdwara Baba Atal, located in Amritsar, India. Apart from religious buildings, Sikh architecture includes secular fo rts, bungas (residential places), palaces, and colleges. The religious structure is called gurdwara (a place where the Guru dwells). The word gurdwara is a compound of guru (guide or master) and dwara (gateway or ...
According to Sikh history at Har Krishan's blessing, the lake at Bangla Sahib provided cure for thousands. Gurdwara Bangla Sahib was constructed in the Guru's memory. This is where he stayed during his visit to Delhi. Gurdwara Bala Sahib was built in south Delhi besides the bank of the river Yamuna, where Har Krishan was cremated at the age of ...
The ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded here on 24 November 1675 on the orders of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. However, before the Guru's body could be quartered and exposed to public view, it was taken under the cover of darkness by Lakhi Shah Vanjara who then burnt his own house to cremate Guru's body; today, at this site stands Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib.