Sunday, September 1, 2013

Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib

This is the place where the body of ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur was cremated after his execution during the rule of Aurangzeb.

Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahab is a beautiful Gurudwara near Parliament House. 

Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, Delhi
 
The gurdwara marks the site, where Lakhi Shah Banjara and his son Bhai Naghaiya burnt their own house to cremate the body of the Sikh guru Guru Tegh Bahadur who, on 11 November 1675, was beheaded in Chandni Chowk on the orders of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam.


Cremation Site of Guru Tegh Bahadur in New Delhi