Gurdwara Lal Khoohi

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Gurdwara Lal Khoohi
ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਲਾਲ ਖ਼ੂਹੀ
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Photograph from Gurdwara Lal Khoohi of the place where Guru Arjan is believed to have been incarcerated
Religion
Affiliation Sikhism (formerly), Islam
Location
Location Mochi Gate, Lahore
State Punjab
CountryPakistan
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Gurdwara Lal Khoohi (Pakistan)
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Gurdwara Lal Khoohi (Asia)
Geographic coordinates 31°34′38″N74°19′17″E / 31.577316°N 74.321424°E / 31.577316; 74.321424
Architecture
Groundbreaking1716
Completed1753
Website
sgpc.net/gurdwara-lal-khooh-lahore/

Gurdwara Lal Khoohi (The Bloody Well), alternatively Gurdwara Lal Khooh or Lal Khoo, literally Gurdwara Well of Blood was a historical Gurdwara located near Mochi Gate in Lahore, Pakistan. [1] [2]

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Historical significance

It was built at the site where the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, was incarcerated during the reign of the Mughal Emperor, Jehangir. [3] [4] [5]

Conversion to an Islamic shrine

It has since been converted [6] into a Muslim shrine, Haq Char Yaar, [7] in reference to the first four caliphs in Islam. [8] In 2007, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee condemned this act by Pakistani Muslims. [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Singha, Rupa. Gurdware Gurdham: Jinha Ton Path Nu Vichhodia Gia, p. 38. Dharam Parchar Committee, SGPC.
  2. ↑ Sheikh, Majid (17 February 2019). "HARKING BACK: Fateful route of a great Guru as he walked to his death". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Qureshi, Tania. "Gurdwaras", Pakistan Today newspaper, 20 February 2016. Retrieved on 8 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Chaburji. "Havelis of Lahore" Archived 19 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine , The Nation (Pakistan) newspaper, 10 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  5. ↑ Sheikh, Majid (29 October 2017). "Why a professor wept at Lal Khuh inside Mochi Gate". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lahore Historical Gurdwara turned into Muslim shrine". SinghStation. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Bharti, Vishav. "Lahore’s historical gurdwara now a Muslim shrine", The Tribune (Chandigarh) , Chandigarh, 13 June 2016. Retrieved on 16 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Gurudwaras of Pakistan: Systematic Destruction by Islamist Radical Pakistan". 10 November 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "No Muslim shrine in gurdwara". The Tribune. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2020.[ dead link ]
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