Gurudwara Handi Sahib
Gurudwara · Guru Gobind Singh; Mai Pardhani · Danapur, Patna, Bihar
To honour the handi of khichri offered to the child Guru; a distinctive evening prayer here recalls his...
A walled compound with a verandah on three sides. It marks the place where Mai Pardhani, an old devotee of Guru Tegh Bahadur, served a handi (clay pot) of khichri to the six-year-old Guru Gobind Singh and his family as they left Patna for Punjab. It is managed by the Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib management.
Plan your visit
- Best season
- September to April" (Bihar Tourism)
- Area
- Patna
- Status
- Coming Soon
Yatras that include Gurudwara Handi Sahib
- Sikh Yatra: Danapur, where a woman's pot of khichdi fed the Guru's party. Open all hours.
Experiences here
- Langar at Patna Sahib: Everybody eats, sitting on the same floor, at one of the five Takhts
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Patna
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...
- Gurdwara Gai Ghat: It commemorates Guru Nanak's stay in Patna and is part of the Bihar government's "Guru Circuit" of Sikh...
- 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 Gurudwara Handi Sahib important?
A walled compound with a verandah on three sides. It marks the place where Mai Pardhani, an old devotee of Guru Tegh Bahadur, served a handi (clay pot) of khichri to the six-year-old Guru Gobind Singh and his family as they left Patna for Punjab. It is managed by the Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib management.
When is the best time to visit Gurudwara Handi Sahib?
September to April" (Bihar Tourism).
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