Historical Gurdwaras in Foreign Lands

PAKISTAN

Nankana Sahib

Gurdwara Tambu Sahib

Once Guru Nanak's father, Mahita Kalu, gave him some money and sent him to Chuharkana, a market town, to purchase merchandise. But the Guru spent all the money in feeding a band of ascetics and came back fully satisfied with what he had done. Only as he neared Talwandi, did he realize the possibility of his father's ire, he hid himself under a large van tree whose branches touched the ground making it look like a tent (tambu in Punjabi) until discovered and taken home. A Gurdwara was established near the tree, about a furlong east of Janam Asthan during the Sikh Rule in Punjab. Its present building comprises a double-storey domed sanctum in the middle of a square hall which has architectural embellishments similar to those of Gurdwara Mal ji Sahib but lacks the porches covering its door fronts.