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Late medieval · Sikh · India
Gurdwara Sri Darbar Sahib, Tarn Taran
ਤਰਨ ਤਾਰਨ ਸਾਹਿਬ
Tarn Taran, Punjab · 31.4491°, 74.9205°
Guru Granth SahibSikh Gurus—
Sacred since
1563 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
founded by Guru Arjan Dev (1563–1606)
Sikh Gurus
History & significance
The principal Sikh shrine of Tarn Taran, founded by the fifth Guru, Arjan Dev, and set beside a large sarovar in the centre of the town. Guru Arjan also established a leper asylum here, which passed to Christian missionaries in 1858; control of the gurdwara transferred to the SGPC on 27 January 1921 during the Gurdwara Reform Movement.