Historical Gurdwaras in Foreign Lands

PAKISTAN

Nankana Sahib

Gurdwara Bal Lila

This is another magnificent shrine, about 1.5 furlong east-south-east of Gurudwara Janam Asthan, on the side of a sarovar which is said to have been built initially by Rai Bular. It represents the village playground where young Nanak assembled his playmates not only to engage in physical sports but also to act as holy men sitting in meditations. Diwan Kaura Mal had this Gurdwara built in 1748. It was reconstructed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who also enlarged and properly lined by the sarovar Nanaksar. Its present three-storey domed building was raised during the 1930s and 1940s and was completed shortly before 1947.