Gurdwara Patalpuri Sahib – Kiratpur, Punjab

Gurdwara Patal Puri is situated at Kiratpur in district Rupnagar. It has been built on the banks of the river Sutlej and is situated across the railway tracks and is the place where many Sikhs take the ashes of their dead to be immersed in the river here. Guru Hargobind in 1644 as well as Guru Har Rai in 1661 were cremated here. The ashes of Guru Harkrishan were brought from Delhi and immersed here in 1664. The Gurdwara is located in a large plot of land measuring over 1km square and houses a large darbar sahib with a langar…