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'''Gurdwara Khuhi Bhai Lalo Ji''': [[Bhai Lalo]] was a carpenter living at [[Eminabad]] during the 1500's. [[Guru Nanak Dev]], the founder [[Guru of the Sikhs]] stayed with him on several occasions. Bhai Lalo's house became a dharmsal (a place where dharam is taught and learnt), meeting place for local followers of the Guru, and was later developed into [[Gurdwara]] which was named after a "khuhi" (narrow well) which existed even when the old house had crumbled.
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[[Bhai Lalo]], a resident of Saidpur (Eminabad), was a carpenter of Getaura caste. Guru Nanak stayed at his house when came he to Eminabad in about the early 1500's. It is the place where the Guru composed the following [[bani]] (hymns) in [[Tilang raag]].
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A man by the name of [[Malik Bhago]] was a minor official of the ruler of Eminahad. He arranged a big feast for the Brahamins (Braham Bhoj) and also invited the Guru, who declined the invitation. This made him angry and he summoned the Guru through official command.
 
The Guru squeezed his buttered bread with one hand and with other hand squeezed the plain bread of Bhai Lalo before all present in the court. Blood started trickling from Malik's buttered bread and milk oozed out of plain bread of Lalo, the carpenter. The Guru explained that Malik's income was earned by "sucking" the blood of the poor people whereas the income of this carpenter had the milk earned by his hard labour. "This was the reason behind my rejection of your rich food and that was why I had preferred the simple diet earned through hard labour," said the Guru.
 
Lalu's house, where Guru Nanak Dev Ji had stayed, was made into a [[Gurdwara]]. This is called Gurdwara Khuhi Bhai Lalo Ji - "Gurdwara at the well of Lalu". The well in front of the Gurdwara still provides drinking water is still intact and usable.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery caption="Picture Gallery" widths="300px" heights="300px" perrow="3">
Image:Bhaiallodekhooi.jpg|A small platform for donation inside the Gurdwara
Image:Bhailallodeekhooi.jpg|Entrance to the Gurdwara
Image:Bhailallodeekhoooi.jpg|The well outside the small Gurdwara building
Image:Bhailallodekhooiie.jpg
File:Bhai Lalo Khoi.jpg|Another photo of the well inside the Gurdwara complex
File:Bhai Lalo & Malik Bhago.jpg|Guru Nanak eating with "lower caste" [[Bhai Lalo]] and [[Bhai Mardana]], shocks the village-folk
</gallery>
[[Category:Gurdwaras in Gujranwala District]]

Latest revision as of 15:25, 6 December 2009

Gurdwara Khuhi Bhai Lalo Ji: Bhai Lalo was a carpenter living at Eminabad during the 1500's. Guru Nanak Dev, the founder Guru of the Sikhs stayed with him on several occasions. Bhai Lalo's house became a dharmsal (a place where dharam is taught and learnt), meeting place for local followers of the Guru, and was later developed into Gurdwara which was named after a "khuhi" (narrow well) which existed even when the old house had crumbled.

Bhai Lalo, a resident of Saidpur (Eminabad), was a carpenter of Getaura caste. Guru Nanak stayed at his house when came he to Eminabad in about the early 1500's. It is the place where the Guru composed the following bani (hymns) in Tilang raag.

A man by the name of Malik Bhago was a minor official of the ruler of Eminahad. He arranged a big feast for the Brahamins (Braham Bhoj) and also invited the Guru, who declined the invitation. This made him angry and he summoned the Guru through official command.

The Guru squeezed his buttered bread with one hand and with other hand squeezed the plain bread of Bhai Lalo before all present in the court. Blood started trickling from Malik's buttered bread and milk oozed out of plain bread of Lalo, the carpenter. The Guru explained that Malik's income was earned by "sucking" the blood of the poor people whereas the income of this carpenter had the milk earned by his hard labour. "This was the reason behind my rejection of your rich food and that was why I had preferred the simple diet earned through hard labour," said the Guru.

Lalu's house, where Guru Nanak Dev Ji had stayed, was made into a Gurdwara. This is called Gurdwara Khuhi Bhai Lalo Ji - "Gurdwara at the well of Lalu". The well in front of the Gurdwara still provides drinking water is still intact and usable.

Gallery