Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh (Peshawar)
Gurdwara Bhai Joga Singh is situated in peshawar at pakistan. It is made on the name of gursikh called Bhai Joga Sikh who left his wedding on his order of guru. It was founded by Hari Singh Nalwa. Sardar Shona Singh, the pramukh of the gurudwara at present. This Gurdwara is situated in Jogan Shah locality of Namakmandi of Peshawar City where Sangat of Peshawar is held in the morning and evening and Parakash of Granth Sahib takes place.
In an interview by a sikh Sikh Taranjit Singh: Hari Singh Nalwah, “the general of Ranjit Singh’s army. [The Sikh empire once extended to Peshawar.] Hari Singh Nalwah was said to weigh 250 kgs. He was the strongest man in the universe. Once, he slapped a man and his head got dislocated from his shoulder. His chest was equal to that of seven people.” “No horse could carry his weight. Then one day a horse was found from Baluchistan that could carry his weight.”Hari Singh Nalwah built around 2500 gurudwaras in Punjab, under the patronage of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Maybe about 800 exists. Across the country, in fact, there are ex-gurudwaras that have been converted into schools, jails, homes and suchlike. The religion was almost wiped out when the partition of India took place. All the Sikhs either shifted to India or went into the mountains Only recently have they started coming down from the mountains.” Peshawar has more Sikhs than any other city in Pakistan. Pushto is the mother tongue of most of them.
Acc to Sardar Shona Singh: “This gurudwara was shut down in 1947,” Then, in 1980, the Pakistan government gave us permission to start it again. It took us thirty three days just to clean this place up.”
The Gurdwara is constructed as a beautiful 3- storeyed building. Prakash of Guru Granth Sahib takes place and local and foreign sangats meet daily. There is a Punjabi school for Sikh children which imparts secular education alongwith the religious education.
