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PAKISTAN
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GURDWARA
DEHRA SAHIB SRI GURU ARJAN DEV JI LAHORE
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Gurdwara Dehra Sahib is situated
opposite the Royal Mosque or Shahi Masjid. At the place, after torturing,
the fifth Guru was drowned into the Ravi. At that time, the Ravi lowed
along the wall of the fort. The Guru after enduring the most unheard
and unseen tortures, without repining, merged into the eternal light
on 30th May, 1606. In A.D. 1619, when the sixth Guru Hargobind visited
this historical place, he got a memorial rostrum built here to commemorate
the martyrdom of his Guru-father. Maharaja Ranjit Singh got built a
small but beautiful Gurdwara. As there was no congregational hall attached
to this place, the present hall was foounded in A.D. 1909 and daily
congregations were regularly held. A sarai was got built for the convenience
of the pilgrims. The marble gate was erected. The Flag post was fixed
nearby. The Gurdwara has a square passage-way inside. In 1925 A.D. a
local committee was formed during the Gurdwara Reform Movement that
render a good service to this shrine. In A.D. 1927, the S.G.P.C. took
over the management and started rebuilding a Gurdwara on 21th April,
1930. That was completed on 9th September, 1934 wherein on both sides
of the Gurdwara was clay area which was paved. Domes were gold plated.
The number of devotees in daily congregations increased. Another scheme
to extend the hall was chalked out but due to the partition of the country,
that could not be accomplished. On 9th September 1947, the Sikhs had
to leave this Gurdwara too. The recitation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib
at this Gurdwara continues to date. Two Singh render daily service to
this shrine. Every year at the occasion of the martyrdom of Guru Arjan
Dev Ji (On Shahidi Jor Mela) Sikh devotees visit the shrine to pay homage
to the great Guru.
