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[[Image:Todarmalhaveli.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Haveli of Todar mal, 2 Km away from This place]]
[[Image:Todarmalhaveli.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Haveli of Todar mal, 2 Km away from This place]]
[[Image:Todarmalhaveli1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Another view of Haveli of Todar mal]]
[[Image:Todarmalhaveli1.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Another view of Haveli of Todar mal]]


He went to Mata Gujri Ji and conveyed to her the sad news. Mata Gujri Ji collapsed on the spot and left for her heavenly abode. Todar Mal purchased the land for performing the last rites of Mata Ji and Sahibzadas, by paying golden coins equal to cover the land and had the cremation performed at this place. Karsewa has been completed of Main Building, Sarovar Sahib and Darshini Deodi under the supervision of [[Baba Harbans Singh]] Ji of [[Delhi]]. Karsewa of Langar Hall is likely to be undertaken to enhance its capacity.
He went to Mata Gujri Ji and conveyed to her the sad news. Mata Gujri Ji collapsed on the spot and left for her heavenly abode. Todar Mal purchased the land for performing the last rites of Mata Ji and Sahibzadas, by paying golden coins equal to cover the land and had the cremation performed at this place. Karsewa has been completed of Main Building, Sarovar Sahib and Darshini Deodi under the supervision of [[Baba Harbans Singh]] Ji of [[Delhi]]. Karsewa of Langar Hall is likely to be undertaken to enhance its capacity.

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Gurdwara Joti Saroop

Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup Sahib is situated in the city of Fatehgarh Sahib, Sirhind. It is half a kilometer away from Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib on Chandigarh Road. Mata Gujri Ji, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh and Sahibzada Fateh Singh were handed over to Wazir Khan the Viceroy of Sirhind by Gangu Ram. Here false charges were made, and ultimately they were tried. The young sahibzadas could not be lured to be converted into Islam by Wazir Khan. They were entombed alive in a brick wall. After the execution, a rich devotee of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, Todar Mal, desired to prevail upon the Viceroy, but it was too late, as the act had already been committed.

Haveli of Todar mal, 2 Km away from This place
Another view of Haveli of Todar mal

He went to Mata Gujri Ji and conveyed to her the sad news. Mata Gujri Ji collapsed on the spot and left for her heavenly abode. Todar Mal purchased the land for performing the last rites of Mata Ji and Sahibzadas, by paying golden coins equal to cover the land and had the cremation performed at this place. Karsewa has been completed of Main Building, Sarovar Sahib and Darshini Deodi under the supervision of Baba Harbans Singh Ji of Delhi. Karsewa of Langar Hall is likely to be undertaken to enhance its capacity.


At the time of the conquest of Sirhind by Banda Singh Bahadur in 1710 or later by the Dal Khalsa in 1764, no memorial was raised at this place, so that when Maharaja Karam Singh of Patiala got Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib rebuilt, he had to search for and determine the exact spot of cremation. The urn containing the ashes was at last discovered and he got a gurdward built over it in 1843 and named ilJoti Sarup. A century later, in 1944, Maharaja Yadavindcr Singh set up a committee for the improvement of Fatehgarh Sahib andJoti Sarup. Consequently two upper storeys and a dome were added to the building in 1955.

Gurudwara Shri Jyoti saroop Sahib.jpg

Earlier, when a Jodhpur prince, Himmat Singh, married Princess Shailcndra Kaur of Patiala in 1951, the Maharaja of Jodhpur donated money for the construction of a separate shrine dedicated to the sacred memory of Mata Gujari. This samadh, a small square canopied platform built in while marble, stands in the southwestern corner of the circumambulatory verandah on the ground floor. During the annual Sabha festival, the most dramatic event is a mass procession on 13 Poh taken out from Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib and ending at Gurdwara Jou Sarup. At the latter place, Kirtan Sohild and Anandu Sahib arc recited followed by supplication in memory of the martyrs. Witli this the programme officially comes to an end.