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Gurdwara Rori Sahib

Eminabad, Gujranwala, Punjab · 31.3557°, 74.5341°

Guru NanakSikh EmpireSikh architecture
Sacred since
1799 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
built in Ranjit Singh's reign (1799-1839)
Sikh Empire

History & significance

Built at Eminabad on the mound where Guru Nanak and Bhai Mardana are remembered to have rested and sung, and attributed to Bhai Wadhawa Singh in Maharaja Ranjit Singh's time. Abandoned by Sikhs after the partition of 1947 and left to decay, the building finally collapsed in flooding in July 2023.

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.

Guru Nanak is said to have come here three times, and to have had a sarangi made for Bhai Mardana from the wood of a tree at Jahman village.

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Sources

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