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A devotee prays at the site of a 500-year-old room unearthed near Gurdwara Lakhnor Sahib in Ambala; and (right) wooden beds used by Guru Gobind Singh during his childhood. — Tribune photos by Kamal Sachar
Excavation near Lakhnor Sahib, Historical room unearthed
Suman Bhatnagar
An excavation conducted recently at the historical Lakhnor Sahib Gurdwara, near Ambala City, has revealed a room having several artefacts. The finding has generated a lot of enthusiasm among the local Sikh community.
The room, at the depth of about 25 feet, was found during excavation work being carried out near the gurdwara by the managing committee.
Lakhnor Sahib is a historical religious place where Guru Gobind Singh had spent the initial years of his life as his mother, Mata Gujri, hailed from this village. The devotees are of the view that the room was around 500 years old and had been constructed by the maternal grandfather and grandmother of Guru Gobind Singh. Now the devotees have started the reconstruction of this room. A large number of Sikhs have been coming here to have a look at the historical room.
A copper sword, apparently made in 1804, was also found from the house of a villager, Harpreet Singh, while he was digging the foundation of a room close to the gurdwara. A wooden bed, sword and a copper plate which was used by Guru Gobind Singh in his childhood, are kept safe in this gurdwara.
A well from which Mata Gujri used to collect water is still existing near the gurdwara. According to believers a number of diseases are cured by drinking the water of this well. Every year on the occasion of Gurpurb thousands of devotees from various states come to visit this gurdwara.
with thanks : source : http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20071230/haryana.htm
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