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Early modern · Sikh · Pakistan
Gurdwara Janam Asthan Guru Ram Das
Chuna Mandi, Walled City of Lahore, Punjab · 31.5849°, 74.3211°
Guru Ram Das, the fourth Guru (Guru Granth Sahib read daily)Sikh EmpireSikh Empire
Sacred since
1801 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
begun 1801 (Sikh Empire)
Sikh Empire
History & significance
A gurdwara in the Chuna Mandi quarter of Lahore's walled city standing on the site traditionally held to be the birthplace and childhood home of Guru Ram Das, born in 1534. Construction began in 1801 under Maharaja Ranjit Singh at the request of Maharani Datar Kaur, and the Guru Granth Sahib is read there daily.