Field guides / Punjab / Khanewal / Gurdwara Sajjan Thag, Makhdoompur Pahoran
Field guide · Heritage
Khanewal
Khanewal District · Punjab, Pakistan
Gurdwara Sajjan Thag, Makhdoompur Pahoran
The inn of Sajjan the robber, who became Guru Nanak's follower, turned into a gurdwara near Tulamba.
Sajjan and Gajjan lured travellers to their caravan inn to rob them; Guru Nanak's shabad on bronze that shines but is black beneath turned Sajjan. The walled compound has rooms for the sangat and gardens of roses and jasmine.
Why go
- ✦The inn of Sajjan the robber, who became Guru Nanak's follower
- ✦Linked with the shabad on bronze that shines but is black beneath
- ✦Gardens of roses and jasmine in a walled compound
History
This holy shrine is located between Kabirwala and Khanewal. One can get a train from Khanewal and a bus from Kabirwala or Mian Channu to reach this place. Makhdoom Pur Pahuran is a well-known town on the Multan-Delhi road built by Sher Shah Suri. The town of Tulamba is at a very short distance from Makhdoom Pur Pahuran. Sat Guru Nanak Dev Ji set out from Pakpattan and reached a place near Tulamba where Sajjan and Gajjan (uncle and nephew) had set up a trap in the form of a caravan inn. They used to rob and kill the travellers. They made an attempt to trap Guru Nanak Dev Ji but failed. Sat Guru Nanak Dev Ji created this Shabad here. Bronze is bright and shiny, but when it is rubbed, its blackness appears. Washing it, its impurity is not removed, even if it is washed a hundred times. Hearing this Shabad, Sajjan, a cutthroat, became a friend of Guru. Sajjan’s inn was converted into a Gurdwara to commemorate this event. This place is beautifully built. Its boundary runs around an area of two ghumaon with Gurastahn at its centre. There used to be a big tank west of it which has now been levelled. Rooms for the stay of Sangat have been built along the boundary wall. There are green trees, flowery creepers, rose, jasmine and other plants whose flowers blossom all around.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, November to February. Khanewal lies in the hot south-Punjab belt; Multan's June afternoons average about 41 °C. The survey describes a walled compound with rooms for the sangat and gardens of roses and jasmine, at its greenest in late winter.
Getting there, In Makhdoompur Pahoran on the old Multan–Delhi road, between Kabirwala and Khanewal and close to Tulamba; trains run from Khanewal and buses from Kabirwala or Mian Channu.
What to Do
Nearby
Straight-line distance from Gurdwara Sajjan Thag, Makhdoompur Pahoran, within 5 km.
Nothing else genuinely close by (within 5 km of Gurdwara Sajjan Thag, Makhdoompur Pahoran) is published yet.
