Historical Gurdwaras in Foreign Lands

PAKISTAN

Nankana Sahib

Gurdwara Patti Sahib

Gurdwara Patti Sahib, also called Gurudwara Maulvi Patti, lies midway between Gurdwara Janam Asthan and Gurdwara Bal Lila. It is along the road leading from Janam Asthan to the railway station. Patti means a wooden tablet on which young scholars practice writing. Hence the name of the shrine which represents the village school attended by Guru Nanak Dev. It is also said that young Nanak surprised his teacher by composing the reciting an acrostic, called Patti, and this is why the shrine is called Patti Sahib or Maulvi Patti. The Gurdwara consists only of the sanctum in a small square domed room.