Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Nanak Dev Ji
This is the birth place of Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is believed that Baba Dharam Chand son of Baba Lakhmi
Das (son of Guru Nanak Dev ji) had originally constructed one room structure known as “Kalu ka Kotha”,
literally “house of (Mahita) Kalu”, father of Guru
Nanak. Later it came to be known as “Nanakayan”,
literally “home of (Guru) Nanak”. The present
Gurdwara was got constructed by Maharaja Ranjit
Singh (1780-1839), at the instance of Akali Phula
Singh and Baba Sahib Singh Bedi. The Maharaja
also made an endowment of about 20,000 acres of
land for the maintenance of the Guru ka Langar.
Before SGPC took control of the management
of this Gurdwara, it was being managed by the
Udasis. Presently PSGMC manages the Gurdwara
under the supervision of the Waqf Board. Although,
the holy shrine is visited by lakhs of devotees from
other countries including India at all times of the
year, the holy shrine is mainly in news at the time of
celebrations of Guru Nanak’s Parkash Utsav. It had
also come into news when a golden palanquin (Palki
Sahib) was brought from India to be presented by
DSGMC.
