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PAKISTAN
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GURDWARA
BHAI BUDHU DA AWA (LAHORE)
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This
place is situated at Shalimar Road near Gulabi Gate (where the Sikh
National College stood). It was earlier the brick klin of Bhai Budhu.
Due to the admontition of Bhai Kamliya, the bricks remained raw. When
Bhai Budhu went to Guru Arjan Dev for asking what to do, the Guru said
that he could not alter what had been utterd by a devout Sikh but assured
the Sikh that these bricks would be sold at the discarded price. So
much was the demand of the bricks that all the raw bricks were sold.
To express his gratitude, Bhai Budhu got a Gurdwara consructed at a
place of the klin, out of sheer joy and faith in the Guru. This Gurdwara
was managed for a long time by the Mahants of the Satlani. In A.D. 1927,
when Sikh National College was established, a magnificent building of
this Gurdwara was also erected. This place has been taken over by the
Archives after the partition.
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PAKISTAN
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GURDWARA
LAL KHOOH (LAHORE)
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This
Gurdwara is situated behind the water tank or Pani Wala Talab near Muhalla
Barudkhana in the centre of Lahore City. Chandu's haveli was situated
there. In A.D. 1606, after the arrest of Guru Arjan, Chandu kept the
Guru in one of the dingy cells here. There was a well in this building
from where the Guru used to bathe daily. The Guru was tortured by Chandu
at this very place. He was boiled alive in a big boul; made to sit on
a red hot iron plate and the scorched sand was poured on his head. But
the Guru did not express even a single sigh of sorrow or grief. He considered
it a Sweet will of his Master. When in A.D. 1619, the sixth Guru Hargobind
visited Lahore, the Sikh Sangat dragged Chandu through nose in the bazaars.
When he was brought in that state near that well, the grain roaster,
who was ordered to pour hot sand on Guru Arjan's body, shot him with
the very lladlas and he died in an ignominious manner. A Gurdwara was
built there. At the begining, the Gurdwara was very small but later,
the sangat purchased the adjoining houses and built a befitting bulding.
This shrine was under Local Committee Management but in 1927, S.G.P.C.
took its charge according to the Gurdwara Act.
