Gurdwara Lal Khoohi

Gurdwara Lal Khoohi
ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਲਾਲ ਖ਼ੂਹੀ
Photograph from Gurdwara Lal Khoohi of the place where Guru Arjan is believed to have been incarcerated
Gurdwara Lal Khoohi is located in Punjab, Pakistan
Gurdwara Lal Khoohi
Location within Punjab, Pakistan
Gurdwara Lal Khoohi is located in Pakistan
Gurdwara Lal Khoohi
Location within Pakistan
Gurdwara Lal Khoohi is located in Asia
Gurdwara Lal Khoohi
Location within Asia
Religion
AffiliationSikhism (formerly), Islam
Location
LocationMochi Gate, Lahore
StatePunjab
CountryPakistan
Coordinates31°34′38″N 74°19′17″E / 31.577316°N 74.321424°E / 31.577316; 74.321424
Architecture
Groundbreaking1716
Completed1753
Website
sgpc.net/gurdwara-lal-khooh-lahore/

Gurdwara Lal Khoohi (The Bloody Well), also known as Gurdwara Lal Khoo Patshahi Panjvin, alternatively Gurdwara Lal Khooh or Lal Khoo, literally Gurdwara Well of Blood was a historical Gurdwara located near Mochi Gate in Lahore, Pakistan.[1][2] The gurdwara is located at the coordinates 31°34'41.4"N 74°19'20.1"E.[3]

History

It was built at the site where the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, was incarcerated during the reign of the Mughal Emperor, Jehangir.[4][5][6] It is believed the guru was tortured here by Chandu Shah and his servants in 1606. Sikhs believe the guru was tortured by being made to sit on a hot cooking plate, being boiled in hot water, and having hot sand poured on him. The gurdwara was constructed over a well that the guru was believed to have been bathed in. The haveli of Chandu Shah is located nearby on the same street. Before partition in 1947, the gurdwara had a shop and 1.25 aces of land surrounding it in its possession, along with 3 acres of land in Khokhar village in Lahore tehsil.[3]

Conversion to an Islamic shrine

It has since been converted[7] into a Muslim shrine, Haq Char Yaar,[8] in reference to the first four caliphs in Islam.[9] In 2007, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee condemned this act by Pakistani Muslims.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Singha, Rupa. Gurdware Gurdham: Jinha Ton Path Nu Vichhodia Gia, p. 38. Dharam Parchar Committee, SGPC.
  2. ↑ Sheikh, Majid (17 February 2019). "HARKING BACK: Fateful route of a great Guru as he walked to his death". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 Butalia, Tarunjit Singh (April 2025). Sikh Historical Shrines in Pakistan: Lahore District (PDF) (1st ed.). Jeevay Sanjha Punjab. p. 10.
  4. ↑ Qureshi, Tania. "Gurdwaras", Pakistan Today newspaper, 20 February 2016. Retrieved on 8 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Chaburji. "Havelis of Lahore" Archived 19 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The Nation (Pakistan) newspaper, 10 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Sheikh, Majid (29 October 2017). "Why a professor wept at Lal Khuh inside Mochi Gate". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Lahore Historical Gurdwara turned into Muslim shrine". SinghStation. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  8. ↑ Bharti, Vishav. "Lahore’s historical gurdwara now a Muslim shrine", The Tribune (Chandigarh), Chandigarh, 13 June 2016. Retrieved on 16 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Gurudwaras of Pakistan: Systematic Destruction by Islamist Radical Pakistan". 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "No Muslim shrine in gurdwara". The Tribune. 27 August 2007. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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