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Takhat Sachkhand Sri Hazoor Sahib is the principal Sikh shrine at Nanded in the central Indian state of Maharashtra. It marks the site where Guru Gobind Singh had his camp in 1708 AD after the departure of the emperor Bahadur Shah. The tenth Guru held his court and congregation here. It is the site of his own tent where he was convalescing after he was attacked by assassins. It is the place from where the tenth Guru rose to his heaven abode with his horse Dilbag.

In 1708 being prescient of the end of his earthly role, the Guru had dispatched Banda Singh with five of his Sikhs to Punjab and Mata Sahib Devan under a separate escort to Delhi before the stabbing incident. He told the rest of his retinue to retire to their homes if they so wished, but he bade one Bhai Santokh Singh to stay on here and keep Guru ka Langar going. many others also chose to remain. Together they built a room over the platform where the Guru used to sit while holding his court and installed Guru Granth Sahib on it. They called it Takhat Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh, while conferring Guruship on the holy Book, had himself named Nanded as Abchalnagar (literally "steadfast city") after the first word of a hymn read at random on the occasion. ... Continued.