Hazur Sahib
| Nanded city is a district in Maharashtra State. Nanded is a station
on the Manmad-Secunderabad railway line under South Central Railway.
One of the Five Sikh Takhats is located here named as Hazur Sahib. Nanded is associated with the first as well as the last Sikh Gurus. While Shri Guru Nanak Dev travelled through Nanded City towards south and Sri Lanka, Shri Guru Gobind Singhji spent his last few days of earthly life here. He arrived here with emperor Bahadur Shah-I towards the end of August in 1707 AD. The Mughal emperor went to Golconda, and the Shri Guru Gobind Singhji decided to stay in Nanded. It appears that Shri Guru Gobind Singhji had followed the emperor through Rajasthan and Central Provice to Deccan (South) in the hope that justice would be meted out and punishment would be given to his persecutors, murderers of his young sons and to those who executed numerous innocent Sikhs. But finding that the emperor was not interested in punishing the culprits, since they were all muslims the Guru was disappoitned and decided to part with emperor. Wazir Khan hired two assassins to pursue the Guru and eliminate him. Then at Nanded one of them stabbed the Guru injuring him seriously. The assasins were killed in retaliation. In first week of October 1708 being understood that the time has come to leave the mortal attire and to depart , the Guru is reputed to have taken five coins and a coconut which he placed before the Granth sahib installing the . The five coins symbolically known as Sangat. Shri Guru Gobind Singhji had formally passed on the spiritual light of Guruship to Guru Granth Sahib. The Shabad-Guru of the Sikhs was thus immortalised. All Gurudwara's at Nanded are associated with the activities of Guru Gobind Singhji during his stay over here except one dedicated to Guru Nanak Devji. All the Gurudwara's are connected by road to the central shrine, the Takhat Sahib and the management arranges transport for the benefit of pilgrims to visit the Gurudwara's around. Now for pilgrims of North India Sachkhand Express from Nanded to Amrutsar has been started by Railway. Nanded has been now declared Holy City by the Central Government. Therefore various works relating to Holy City are under construction. The Gurudwara Board has started many social oriented projects benefiting sikhs and others at large. Civil Hospital and Engineering College is named after Shri Guru Govind Singhji. Visawa Garden is named after Mata Gujari. Khalsa High School and I.T.I. are being run by Board. Hospital is also run by Board. Almost all necessary facilities are being provided by the Gurudwara Board at Nanded. Recently Sarover has been constructed in the area of Huzur Sahib Gurudwara. |