Takht
Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib
The place on the Godavari where Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji spent his final weeks, ended the line of personal Gurus, and passed away. It is one of the five Takhts.
History
- 1708
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji at Nanded
Guru Ji reached Nanded towards the end of August 1708. On 3 September Guru Ji arrived at the place where the ascetic later known as Banda Singh Bahadur lived, and that man took the vows of the Khalsa. He was sent to the Punjab on 5 October.
Guru Ji conferred the succession on Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, ending the line of personal Gurus, and passed away on 7 October 1708.[EoS]
- 1832
The gurdwara
Maharaja Ranjit Singh built a two-storeyed gurdwara with a golden dome on the site in 1832.
Weapons kept in the sanctum as relics of Guru Ji include a broad sword, a steel bow and arrow, a quoit and a heavy club. The gurdwaras here are run by the Gurdwara Board Takht Sachkhand.[EoS]
The name
Images
Takht Hazur Sahib at Nanded, given on Commons as about 1880 and printed in the Mahan Kosh of 1930.
Unknown, c. 1880, approximate. Public domain. Source
