Historic gurdwara
Sri Darbar Sahib, Muktsar
The town named after the Forty Saved Ones, who fell defending the pool of Khidrana.
History
- 1705
The Forty Muktas
Guru Ji, pursued by a Mughal force after Chamkaur, moved west to Khidrana, whose natural pool was the only water for miles around. Guru Ji declared the forty who fell the Muktas, the Saved Ones, and the pool took the name Muktsar. A 100-metre square pool and five gurdwaras now commemorate the battle.[EoS]
What the sources disagree on
- The date of the battle
The Bhatt Vahis give 29 December 1705. Local tradition favours 21 Vaisakh 1762 Bikrami, which is 18 April 1705.[EoS]
Images
Mai Bhago in the battle of Muktsar, a detail from a late 1800s painting. An artist's imagining, made long after the event.
Unknown, Late 19th century. Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh (as credited on Commons). Public domain. Source
Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib at Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 1923-1924. The photographer may have been Kahn Singh Nabha.
Unknown (possibly Kahn Singh Nabha in the 1924 first edition of his magnum opus 'Gur Shabad Ratanakar Mahankosh'), c. 1923-1924. Public domain. Source
