List of Names & Information on Famous Gurudwara in Amritsar District

Here you can find list of names and information (like history, architecture & facts) on ancient / old gurudwara in Amritsar, India. These famous gurudwara in Amritsar district are most visited and most sought after best tourist places. You can also find photos of Amritsar gurudwara.

The Gurudwara is open to people from all sect, religion and cast. Around 100,000 people visit the Gurudwara daily. The main festival is the Vaishaki which falls during the month of April every year. Everyday food in offered to devotees in large numbers. As per the tradition any visitor is supposed to cover ones head with a white cloth while offering his prayers to the Guru.

The village named Thatta has turned into a holy village because of its association with Sikh Gurus and their related incidents that occurred in this particular spot. Most of the Sikh devotees take time from their personal and professional life to visit this holy village along with their family members, relatives and friends. Most of the NRI Sikhs who are working abroad when return home do visit this holy spot for thanks giving with great interest.

As per the version of the historians and local legends, there are two histories related to Gurudwara Shri Toot Sahib. The first history of Gurudwara Shri Toot Sahib cites that the Sixth Guru, Shri Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji tied his horse with the tree of named toot plus sat on the platform just down the tree. It is from this event or situation which the name is famous known as gurdwara toot Sahib Ji.

In the Land of Panjab, in the year 1590, Guru Arjan Dev Ji who was the Fifth Sikh Guru founded Tarn Taran Sahib. At that particular time, the activities related to the digging of the lake tank immediately started. This task was completed in a successful manner and then it was the largest and biggest sarovar lake in the whole of Punjab. A famous Sikh saint who was named Dhan Dhan Baba Buddha Ji, (1506-1631) laid the foundation stone of Darbar Sahib.

The Young Atal Rai is honored with the title of Baba or a grand old man by the Sikh religion after his sudden death. The Sikh community people visit this Gurudwara with wishes to be fulfilled in their personal and professional life. Once their wish is satisfactorily fulfilled, they visit this place again for thanks giving with much dedication and commitment. Most of the visitors to the Golden Temple or Harmandir Sahib never miss to pay a visit to Gurudwara Baba Atal Sahib.

In 1606, a life size statue of Hargobind was successfully erected at this site. It is to be remembered that the Akal Takht was actually built by the sixth Sikh guru named Guru Hargobind. It was built as a perfect symbol of political sovereignty. It is a right place where spiritual and different types of temporal concerns or issues of the Sikh people could be immediately addressed with a lot of perfection.