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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]
A gurdwara or gurudwara (Punjabi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ, romanized: gurdu'ārā, lit. 'door of the guru') is a place of assembly and worship in Sikhism, but its normal meaning is "place of guru" or "home of guru". Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as Gurdwara Sahib. People from all faiths and religions are welcomed in gurdwaras.
Gurdwara Dukh Nivaran Sahib, Patiala; Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib; Gurdwara Guptsar Sahib, Chhattiana; Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup, Fatehgarh Sahib; Gurdwara Karamsar Rara Sahib, Rara Sahib; Gurdwara Likhansar Sahib, Talwandi Sabo; Gurdwara Mata Sunder Kaur, Mohali; Gurudwara Nagiana Sahib, Udoke, Batala; Gurudwara Naulakha Sahib, Naulakha
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 ...
Guru Har Krishan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ, pronunciation: [ɡʊruː həɾ kɾɪʃən]; 7 July 1656 – 30 March 1664 [1]) also known as Bal Guru (Child Guru), [2] or Hari Krishan Sahib, [3] [4] was the eighth of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib; Gurdwara Dam Dama Sahib; Gurdwara Guru Singh Sabha Kedli Kalan; Gurdwara Likhansar Sahib; Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh; Gurdwara Shahid Ganj Singh Singhania; Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib
After learning of the Gurdwara through Maharaja Ranjit Singh, [49] the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad "Mir Osman Ali Khan" started giving yearly grants towards it. [50] The management and operation of Durbar Sahib – a term that refers to the entire Golden Temple complex of buildings, was taken over by Ranjit Singh.
He was among the first batch of students who graduated (1889) from Punjab University, Lahore. His father, Rai Bahadur Sardar Hari Singh, was a wealthy contractor and industrialist. Today, a prominent road, which is a radial road of Connaught Place, New Delhi towards Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, is named Baba Kharak Singh Marg, after him. [2]