Gurdwara Nanaksar (Nanak Mandir), Sahowal

A temple-like gurdwara in Sahowal where Guru Nanak stayed for seven days, once standing in a 25-ghumaon pond.

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Its spired prakash room is joined by haveli-like residential rooms. The survey found it in good condition, with refugee families in the rooms.

Why go

✦Where Guru Nanak stayed for seven days
✦A temple-like gurdwara with a spired prakash room
✦Once standing in a 25-ghumaon pond

History

Sahowal railway station comes after Uggoki while traveling from Sialkot to Sambrial. It is also a bus stop. The village is about 4 km south-west of it. This is a large village and is divided into two parts. Sat Gur Nanak Dev Ji’s Gurdwara is about half kilometer inside the village on the eastern side. The building is built like a Hindu temple and that is why eople call it as "Nanak Mandir". The Parkashasthan is inside this temple with a spire wile there are many residential rooms in a haveli (mansion) like building. Refugees are settled in these rooms now. Guru Nanak Dev Ji came here from Sialkot and stayed for seven days. There was a pond covering 25 Ghumaons at this place in those days. This Gurdwara is inside that tank. Udasi sadhus were the priests. No land or estate is endowed to this shrine. At present the building is in good condition but nothing can be said about the future.

Planning tip

Best Time to Visit, November to March. The temple-like gurdwara, called Nanak Mandir locally, is half a kilometre inside the eastern part of Sahowal village, 4 km from the station. The survey found it in good condition, with refugee families in its haveli rooms.

Getting there, Half a kilometre inside the eastern part of Sahowal village, about 4 km south-west of Sahowal station, between Uggoki and Sambrial, Sialkot district.

What to Do

◆Walk 4 km from Sahowal station

◆View the rooms from outside; families live in them

◆Combine with Sialkot's gurdwaras

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