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Gurdwara Chowa Sahib

Rohtas Fort, Jhelum district, Punjab · 32.9711°, 73.5733°

Guru Nanak (site of the spring he is said to have revealed)Sikh EmpireSikh
Sacred since
1834 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1834 (Sikh Empire)
Sikh Empire

History & significance

A gurdwara built beside a spring within the walls of Rohtas Fort in Jhelum district, marking a place associated with Guru Nanak's travels. An earlier memorial raised by Charat Singh was replaced by the present building, commissioned by Maharaja Ranjit Singh and finished in 1834.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

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.

Sikh tradition holds that when Bhai Mardana complained of thirst, Guru Nanak struck the ground with his staff and a spring appeared; Sher Shah Suri's engineers are said to have tried three times, and failed, to move the spring up the hill to serve his new fort.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Sikh Empire