Gurdwara Sri Nabha Sahib
Today, I visited along with Dharminder Gurdwara Nabha Sahib (which is different from Gurudwara Nadha Saheb) for thanks giving on Lakhinder getting a job after a long struggle. On my request, Ardas was performed by Bhai Saheb
Gurdwara Nabha Sahib reminds us that the Sikh history of the area dates back to 1695. This magnificent shrine is located about 15 Km from Chandigarh on the road to Patiala; the Zirakpur Highway.
History
After the execution of Guru Tegh Bahadur in Delhi, his head was taken from under the eyes of his executioner by Bhai Jaita who returned it to the Guru’s family for cremation at Anandpur Sahib. On his way to Anandpur, he paused with the Guru’s severed head at this place at the request of an aged Muslim saint, Faqir Dargahi Shah, a disciple of the Guru. Learning of this, the people of the area rushed to the site to pay their last respects to the Guru.
Faqir Dargahi Shah
Faqir Dargahi Shah, a disciple of Guru Tegh Bahadur, learned that Guru Tegh Bahadur had been executed in Delhi, when Bhai Jaita (who had managed to spirit the severed head of the Guru away from the Mughals after his execution) stopped to rest at Nabha Sahib during his long journey to return the Guru’s head to his son onto whom the mantle of Guruship had now passed; Guru Gobind Singh. Soon the people of the area learned of the execution and of Bhai Jaita’s rescue of the Guru’s head, as the word spread that the head of Tegh Bahadur was in transit to Anandpur Sahib the people rushed to pay their last respects to the Guru.
Here are few pictures taken today. Do click any picture to see enlarge view
