2009 February 28 Paonta Sahib
Sat Nam. On the road, we stopped in Paonta Sahib at the Gurdwara there - actually multiple Gurdwaras in the complex, on the banks of the Jamana River. I hadn't been there in 20 years - Greatly built up, still very beautiful, but not so 'sleepy' as it was. Guru Gobind Singh lived here for 4.5 years, and wrote prolifically, including Jaap Sahib, 10th Guru Swayaas, Chandi-di-Var, all penned here. Also, a small Gurdwara where he had turban tying contests - Dastar Asthan! One of the sevadars who showed us the langar kitchen was for years a sevadar at Hemkunt Sahib ...
Feb 28, 2009
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