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'''Gurudwara Toka Sahib''', established in honour of | '''Gurudwara Toka Sahib''', established in honour of [[Guru Gobind Singh]], who stayed here for a few days in 1688, is on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. | ||
==History== | |||
According to another slab (inscribed only in 1968), [[Guru Gobind Singh]] came here with 2200 horsemen on 4 Baisakh 1742 Bk/ 1 April 1685 to help [[Raja Medini Prakash]] of Nahan. According to Gurushabad Ratanakar Mahan Kosh and Twarikh Guru [[Khalsa]], however, [[Guru Gobind Singh]] halted here on his way back from [[Paonta]] to [[Anandpur]] in 1688. | |||
There two sacred trees of mango and neem. There is another gurudwara in it called Kangha sahib where you have to go on foot, some meters above main Darbar Sahib. The Neem tree is present there. | |||
The | There is an old well here which, according to an inscription, was dug in 1823 "in memory of [[Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] and [[Nawab Fateh Singh Ahluwalia]]." | ||
The Gurdwara is a modest flat Roofed room, with an all round verandah. An improvised hut near by serves as the residence of alone Nihang who looks after the shrine. | |||
==Location== | |||
The Gurdwara is in Sirmur district of Himachal Pradesh, but the nearest village Tota, about one kilometre to the southeast, is in Ambala district of Haryana. From mianpur you have to travel in river called Roon to reach there. It is some 20 Km's from Naraingarh. | |||
[[Category:Gurdwaras In Himanchal Pardesh]] | [[Category:Gurdwaras In Himanchal Pardesh]] | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 30 August 2007
Gurudwara Toka Sahib, established in honour of Guru Gobind Singh, who stayed here for a few days in 1688, is on the border of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.
History
According to another slab (inscribed only in 1968), Guru Gobind Singh came here with 2200 horsemen on 4 Baisakh 1742 Bk/ 1 April 1685 to help Raja Medini Prakash of Nahan. According to Gurushabad Ratanakar Mahan Kosh and Twarikh Guru Khalsa, however, Guru Gobind Singh halted here on his way back from Paonta to Anandpur in 1688. There two sacred trees of mango and neem. There is another gurudwara in it called Kangha sahib where you have to go on foot, some meters above main Darbar Sahib. The Neem tree is present there.
There is an old well here which, according to an inscription, was dug in 1823 "in memory of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Nawab Fateh Singh Ahluwalia."
The Gurdwara is a modest flat Roofed room, with an all round verandah. An improvised hut near by serves as the residence of alone Nihang who looks after the shrine.
Location
The Gurdwara is in Sirmur district of Himachal Pradesh, but the nearest village Tota, about one kilometre to the southeast, is in Ambala district of Haryana. From mianpur you have to travel in river called Roon to reach there. It is some 20 Km's from Naraingarh.
