Historical Gurdwaras in Foreign Lands

PAKISTAN

Eminabad

Gurdwara Chakki Sahib

Janamsakhis also mention Guru Nanak Dev's being made a prisoner at the hands of Babar's men. He was made to grind corn with a hand-driven millstone (chakki in Punjabi), but his captors were surprised to see that the millstone revolved by itself while the prisoner only poured grist into it. When the miracle was reported to Babar, he himself came to the Guru, and after talking to him he set free not only the Guru but all other prisoners too, many of whom became the Guru's followers. The millstone was preserved as an object of veneration and much later, a Gurdwara was established where the millstone was kept, it is named Gurdwara Chakki Sahib. Its present building is a simple flat-roofed room with some ancillaries and a brick paved compound, inside the town.