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'''Gurdwara Nima Serai Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur''', a commemorative shrine existed of old in Power House Lane in Sarbari area of Old Malda. It was called '''Gurdwara Nima Serai Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur'''. Malda, a district town situated on the banks of Mahanandi River was visited by [[Guru Nanak Dev]] and [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]]. With the rise of the new Malda Town across the river, old Malda got greatly depopulated and the [[Sikh]] [[Gurdwara]] was deserted. Yet two masonry platforms and an old well remained on the site which continued to be shown as Gurdwara property in revenue records. Interest in the old Gurdwara was revived during the 1960s when a Sikh contractor in road-building business constructed a compound wall around the remains. Subsequently, other Sikhs, mostly road transporters, who first constructed Gurdwara Singh Sabha in New Malda, took up the restoration of the historical shrine in Old Malda. It is now named Sri Prayag Sahib, Sarbari and Old Malda.
'''Gurdwara Nima Serai Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur''' was the name of the  Gurdwara which was built to commemorate a vist to the site in old Malda town, by both [[Guru Nanak Dev]] and [[Guru Tegh Bahadur]].  


A major town (in West Bengal) near the conjunction of the rivers Kalindari and Mahananda, famous for Malda quality of mangoes. Guru Nanak Sahib and Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib visited this town. A Gurdwara had been built in the memory of the visit of Guru Sahib in Sarbari area of old Malda town but later it was abandoned. In 1970s, the Sikhs rebuilt a Gurdwara. It is known as Gurdwara Paryag Sahib. Earlier it was known as Gurdwara Nima Sarai Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib.
The Gurdwara on  ''Power House Lane'' in the Sarbari section of old Malda, was abandoned when a newer section of the city was built across the river leading to a decline in the population in the older part of the city. In the city's newer section a new Gurdwara, Gurdwara Singh Sabha was built.
 
Years later all that was left of the old Gurdwara was two masonary platforms and an old well. In the the 1960s, when it was noticed that that the site of the former Gurdwara continued to be listed in the  revenue records as a Gurdwara property, a Sikh road-building contractor  built a wall around the compound. Subsequently, other Sikhs, mostly road transporters, who had constructed Gurdwara Singh Sabha in New Malda, took up the restoration of the abandoned historical shrine.
 
Today a new Gurdwara stands on the site. The Gurdwara has been named Sri Prayag Sahib, Sarbari, Old Malda.
 
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Malwa, a West Bengal district town, straddles  the Mahanandi River, near its conjunction with the Kalindari river.  The city is known for its mangoes, which are of a superlative quality.


[[Category:Gurudwaras In West Bengal]]
[[Category:Gurudwaras In West Bengal]]

Latest revision as of 22:42, 29 March 2008

Gurdwara Nima Serai Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur was the name of the Gurdwara which was built to commemorate a vist to the site in old Malda town, by both Guru Nanak Dev and Guru Tegh Bahadur.

The Gurdwara on Power House Lane in the Sarbari section of old Malda, was abandoned when a newer section of the city was built across the river leading to a decline in the population in the older part of the city. In the city's newer section a new Gurdwara, Gurdwara Singh Sabha was built.

Years later all that was left of the old Gurdwara was two masonary platforms and an old well. In the the 1960s, when it was noticed that that the site of the former Gurdwara continued to be listed in the revenue records as a Gurdwara property, a Sikh road-building contractor built a wall around the compound. Subsequently, other Sikhs, mostly road transporters, who had constructed Gurdwara Singh Sabha in New Malda, took up the restoration of the abandoned historical shrine.

Today a new Gurdwara stands on the site. The Gurdwara has been named Sri Prayag Sahib, Sarbari, Old Malda.

Malwa, a West Bengal district town, straddles the Mahanandi River, near its conjunction with the Kalindari river. The city is known for its mangoes, which are of a superlative quality.

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