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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]
Ahead of Guru Nanak Dev's 550th Prakash Purab celebrations the Kartarpur corridor, connecting Sri Darbar Sahib Dera Baba Nanak in India's Punjab with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, was thrown open on 9 November 2019 (the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall) facilitating the first Jatha (batch) of more than 550 pilgrims to travel to the ...
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.
Gurdwara Dera Sahib, Lahore; Samadhi of Ranjit Singh, Lahore; Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Ram Das, Lahore; Gurdwara Janam Asthan, Nankana Sahib; Gurdwara Chowa Sahib, Jhelum; Gurdwara Panja Sahib, Hasan Abdal; Gurdwara Makhdoom Pur Pahoran, Makhdoom Pur Pahuran; Gurdwara Rori Sahib, Eminabad; Shahid Ganj Bhai Taru Singh, Lahore; Gurdwara Shahid ...
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]
Lahore is the capital of Punjab, the most populous province of Pakistan.It has a rich cosmopolitan history and was the principal city of the vast plain of the entire Punjab region for many centuries, and was the capital of the Sikh Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh until the mid-1850s when it was conquered by the British.