Bir Saheb Gurudwara, Sikh Pilgrimage in India
Located 20 km south of Amritsar in the village of Thatta on Chaabal Amritsar
road, Gurdwara Bir Baba Budha Sahib popularly known as Bir Sahib is the
place where Baba Budha Ji spend much part of his life (1506 - 1631). This
is also the place where Guru Arjan Dev Ji and his wife Mata Ganga was
blessed with the son, Shri Hargobind Sahib.
The present building was constructed by Baba Kharak Singh, a follower
of Sant Gurmukh Singh Sevavale. In the years 1951 and 1975, a rectangular
hall and a spacious divan hall was added to it. At an end of the rectangular
hall, the holy book Guru Granth Sahib is placed on a canopied seat which
is a meter high square platform made of white marble. The 70 metre square
Amrit Sarovar is on the northern side of this hall. While digging the
sarovar, Baba ji was the coordinator of the volunteers and he sat on the
border of the Sarovar under the shade of a Jujubee tree to perform his
duty, which still stands alive.
Near the Gurdwara in a separate compound, there is a two storied residential
block and Guru Ka Langar with a large dining hall that is specially constructed
for pilgrims.
