Explore Gurdwara Gurusar Patshahi DasvTri in Jivan Singhvala, honoring Guru Gobind Singh's stay. Visit the 1974-built shrine near Bathinda for a spiritual journey.
CHHOTA MIRZAPUR, a village in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh, 18 km south of Varanasi (25 20`N, 82 58`E), is sacred to Guru Gobind Singh. He broke journey at Chhota Mirzapur while travelling as a child from Patna, his birthplace, to the Punjab. A Sikh sangat developed here in course of time. The present Gurdwara constructed recently on the site of an older one is, however, named Gurdwara Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur, Navami Patshahi, perhaps because at the time of his visit, Guru Gobind Singh had not yet been anointed Guru and the party travelling was only remembered as the family of the Ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur. Bhai Musa Singh, a native Sikh and head of the only Sikh family in the village, looks after the Gurdwara.
DORAHA (30° 48`N, 76° 2`E), an old village along the Grand Trunk Road 20 km east of Ludhiana, claims an historical shrine, Gurdwara Damdama Sahib Patshahi Chhevin, sacred to Guru Hargobind, Nanak VI. According to local tradition, Guru Hargobind encamped here for a night travelling back from the Gwalior Fort. The present complex, a rectangular flat roofed hall with ancillary buildings inside a walled compound, was constructed in 1932. The Gurdwara is managed by the local sangat. M.G.S.
