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Baba Bakala, Amritsar, Punjab · 31.5550°, 75.2656°
Marks the village where Guru Tegh Bahadur was living in seclusion when Guru Har Krishan, dying in Delhi in 1664, named only 'Baba Bakale' as his successor. Its Bhora Sahib is a nine-storeyed building raised over the cellar in which the Guru meditated.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Makhan Shah Lubana, who had vowed five hundred dinars for deliverance from a storm at sea, found the true Guru by offering only two coins and waiting to see who would ask for the rest.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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