Gurdwara Gai Ghat
Gurudwara · Guru Nanak; Guru Tegh Bahadur; Mata Gujri · Patna, Bihar
It commemorates Guru Nanak's stay in Patna and is part of the Bihar government's "Guru Circuit" of Sikh...
Described as the oldest gurdwara in the region, housed in a spacious square hall with the sanctum in the middle, built in the 1980s. It preserves the rabab of Bhai Mardana, a grinding stone of Mata Gujri, the tree to which Guru Tegh Bahadur tethered his horse, and the Thara Sahib where he used to sit.
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- Patna
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Yatras that include Gurdwara Gai Ghat
- Sikh Yatra: Where Guru Nanak is said to have landed on his eastern journey.
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Also around Patna
- Bihar Museum: The state's own account of itself, from the Didarganj Yakshi to the present, in one building on Nehru Path.
- Golghar, the granary on the Ganga: A British granary of 1786 built after the famine of 1770, and the widest view of the Ganga at Patna from its top.
- Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library: One of India's great manuscript libraries, open to the public since 1891, with a Quran 2.5 mm wide.
- Ganga aarti at Gandhi Ghat: The evening aarti on the Ganga that the Bihar government holds at Patna every weekend.
- Litti chokha: The dish people mean when they say Bihari food.
- Maner laddu: The laddu Bihar Tourism names as the finest in the state, from the town of the Maner Sharif dargah.
Nearby places
- Mahavir Mandir, Patna: Patna's beloved Hanuman temple
- Takht Sri Patna Sahib: Birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
- Gurdwara Gobind Ghat: It commemorates the incident in which Gobind Rai threw his gold bangle (kangan) into the Ganga as a...
- Gurdwara Guru ka Bagh: It marks the spot where Guru Tegh Bahadur first alighted on his return, and where he met his son Guru...
- Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat: Pilgrims come for the childhood association with Guru Gobind Singh, and receive boiled salted gram as...
- Gurudwara Handi Sahib: To honour the handi of khichri offered to the child Guru; a distinctive evening prayer here recalls his...
- Badi Patan Devi: Devotees believe the right thigh (and the *pata*, the cloth, from which "Patan" and the city's name are...
- Choti Patan Devi: It is the second of the two Patan Devi shrines associated with the fall of Sati's remains at Magadha
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Gurdwara Gai Ghat important?
Described as the oldest gurdwara in the region, housed in a spacious square hall with the sanctum in the middle, built in the 1980s. It preserves the rabab of Bhai Mardana, a grinding stone of Mata Gujri, the tree to which Guru Tegh Bahadur tethered his horse, and the Thara Sahib where he used to sit.
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