Gurdwara Nima Serai Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur

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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.

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.