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Gurdwara Dera Sahib (Punjabi, Urdu: گوردوارہ ڈیرا صاحب) is a gurudwara in Lahore, Pakistan, which commemorates the spot where the 5th guru of Sikhism, Guru Arjan Dev, was martyred in 1606.
The Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (or PSGPC) [a] is a Sikh religious organization in Pakistan. [2] [3] [4] PSGPC was formed by the Government of Pakistan and is entrusted with the maintenance of Sikh religious institutions, places of worships in Pakistan. [5] [4] The body is headquarted at Gurdwara Dera Sahib in Lahore. [4]
It is located adjacent the Lahore Fort and Badshahi Mosque, as well as the Gurdwara Dera Sahib, which marks the spot where the fifth guru of Sikhism, Guru Arjan, died. Its construction was started by his son and successor, Maharaja Kharak Singh, after the ruler's death in 1839, and completed nine years later.
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Photograph of a Sikh health worker of the Karachi Plague Committee in Old Town, Karachi, by R. Jalbhoy, 1897 Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore. Prior to independence in 1947, 2 million Sikhs resided in the present day Pakistan and were spread all across Northern Pakistan, specifically the Punjab region and played an important role in its economy as farmers, businessmen, and traders.
Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh demanded a same visa-free access corridor at Dera Baba Nanak, India for Pakistani Sikhs to visit and pay obeisance at Gurudwara Sri Darbar Sahib at Dera Baba Nanak. [119] Corridor to Gurdwara Rori Sahib, the historic gurudwara of Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana at Jahman Village near Lahore. [120] [121]
Gurdwara Dera Sahib (Urdu: گوردوارہ ڈیہرا صاحب) commemorates the spot where the 5th guru of Sikhism, Guru Arjan Dev, died in 1606. [24] Construction of the building was started by Kharak Singh on the spot where he was cremated , and was completed by his youngest son, Duleep Singh in 1848.
Several of Lahore's gurdwaras remain functional, including: Samadhi of Ranjit Singh; Gurdwara Dera Sahib; Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Ram Das; Shaheed Ganj Bhai Taru Singh (on the site of the former Shaheed Ganj Mosque) Gurdwara Shahid Ganj Singh Singhania; The following gurdwaras are abandoned: Gurudwara Guru Nanak Garh Sahib; Gurudwara Baoli Sahib