Historic Gurdwaras

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Pakistan

Gurdwara Janam Asthan

📍 Nankana Sahib

Linked to: 1Guru Nanak Dev Ji

This is where Guru Nanak Dev Ji was born in 1469. The town used to be called Talwandi, and it was later renamed Nankana Sahib in his honour.

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The town has several Gurdwaras that remember Guru Nanak’s childhood: Gurdwara Patti Sahib, where he went to school; Gurdwara Kiara Sahib, where the fields trampled by his buffaloes turned green again; and Gurdwara Tambu Sahib, where he rested under a tree after the “True Deal”. Rai Bular, the Muslim landlord of the village, was one of the first people to see how special Guru Nanak was.