Historical Gurdwaras in India

State of HARYANA

Kaithal

Kaithal, now a district town in Haryana, connected both by rail and road to other parts of the state, was also the capital of a Sikh State founded by Bhai Desu Singh in 1767. His second successor, Bhai Udai Singh died childless in 1843 and the State lapsed to the British.

1) Gurdwara Nim Sahib Patshahi Nauvin - The Gurdwara named because of an old neem (margo) tree under which the Guru is said to have stayed and preached, is outside the town. The place was called Thandar Tirth. The neem tree was destroyed by fire which also damaged the old shrine sometime during the 1930s. The present building and sarovar were constructed during the 1970s through kar-seva organized by Baba Harbans Singh and Fauja Singh of the Pehowa branch of Sevawale Sants. In the S.G.P.C. records, this Gurdwara is shown as Gurdwara Manji Sahib also known as Thandar Sahib.

2) Gurdwara Manji Sahib Patshahi Navin - The Gurdwara, in Patti Kainth Seth or Mohall Sethan inside the town is related to the Guru 's stay in the house of a Sikh, Roda by name (or nickname; roda means a bald person) and carpenter by trade, at the latter's request. Roda's house came to be treated as a holy shrine. Bhai Lal Singh, the second ruler of the Sikh State of Kaithal, got a Manji Sahib constructed here. This has since been replaced by a bigger building by the Sants of Pehowa. The S.G.P.C. records this Gurdwara as Gurdwara Wadda Nawin Badshahi.