Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini

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GURUDWARA BAL LILA MAINI , PATNA (Bihar) in a narrow lane close to Takht Sahib marks the house where Raja Fateh Chand Maini lived. His childless Rani had developed special fondness for the young Gobind Das, who, too, often came here to sit in the Rani\'s lap giving her immense delight and spiritual solace. She fed the Sahibzada and his playmates, at this demand, with boiled and salted gram. Even now boiled and salted gram is served as prasad (consecrated food) in this Gurdwara, which, unlike the other shrines in Patna Sahib, is served by Nirmala Sikhs. A wood carving on the old front door is dated Assu sudi 1, 1725 Bikrami corresponding to 28th August 1668, but the hall housing the sanctum and other blocks of rooms in the inner compound have been reconstructed during recent decades

Gurudwara Bal Leela is also called as Maini Sangat. This Gurudwara is also associated with the childhood of Guru Ji. This place is just few meters away from Takhat Patna Sahib. Guru ji were playing with other children during his childhood.


Once Wife of King Fateh Chand Maini prayed to God to have a son like Guru ji. One day she was worshiping to God when Guru ji came and sat in her lap. Guru ji called her mother. She was amazed to hear this as nobody had called her with that name before. She was overjoyed as Guru Ji called her mother and She was called Dharm (religion) Mata. She served Guru Ji and his friends with the boiled grams.


Boiled grams are distributed as a Parsaad in this Gurudwara in the memory of Guru Ji.


In this Gurudwara following things are of the main concern:-


A pair of Kheen Khaab which Guru Ji wore in his childhood.