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High medieval · Sikh · India

Gurdwara Patalpuri Sahib

Kiratpur Sahib, Rupnagar district, Punjab · 31.1781°, 76.5632°

Memorial to Guru Hargobind, Guru Har Rai and Guru Har KrishanUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A gurdwara on the left bank of the Sutlej at Kiratpur where Guru Hargobind and Guru Har Rai were cremated and the ashes of Guru Har Krishan immersed. It remains the foremost place at which Sikhs consign ashes as part of the Antam Sanskar rites.

Sthala katha — the legend

It is told that a Rajput raja and his followers threw themselves into Guru Hargobind's funeral pyre.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined