Gurdwara Sacha Sauda
Gurdwara Sachcha Sauda is situated at a distance of 37 miles from Lahore on the Lahore-Lyallpur Railway Line.
Guru Nanak as a young man was sent by his father Mehta Kalu who was hoping to instill a sense of business in his son gave him a sum of Rs. 20 /- with which to buy some goods which he cold return home with, then sell and make a profit.
At least that was Mehta Kalu's plan but along the way to his destination, the young Nanak came across some sadhus who were hungry and without food. The Guru to be decided used the money to provide a meal, a langar for the Sadhus. Returning home without any purchases Mehta Kalu was very annoyed. But young Nanak explained to his father that as he saw it he had done a very good deed, feeding the starving Sadhus, and gaining the best profit one could gain from the money. It would not be the last time that Mehta Kalu would worry over his son.
On the spot where Guru Nanak Ji fed the sadhus, now stands a magnificent Gurdwara that was built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, on the pattern of a fortress. The building of the Gurdwara is very beautiful. The very impression of the Darshani Deorhi attracts the congregations. In the begining, the service of the Gurdwara was in the hands of Udhasis. The management came under Panthic administration after the Gurdwara Reform Movement. After the partition of the country; the Gurdwara remained closed to the congregations, but on the occassion of the Baisakhi in April 1993, the sangats were allowed to pay homage to the Gurdwara which fell unfortunately on the Pakistani side of the border in the Partition of '47.
