Country India Location Patna Website takhtsripatnasahib.com Creator Ranjit Singh | State Bihar Architectural styles Sikh architecture Phone 0612 264 1821 Architectural style Sikh architecture | |
Date built First build - 18th century
First Rebuild - 1839
Final Rebuild - November 19, 1954 Address Harimindir Gali, Jhauganj, Haji Ganj, Patna, Bihar 800008 Similar Patna Sahib railway st, Gurdwara, Hazur Sahib Nanded, Golden Temple, Takht Sri Damdama Sahib |
Takht Sri Patna Sahib is a Gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) in the neighborhood of Patna Sahib, India. It was built in remembrance of the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh Ji, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs on 22 December 1666. It was built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, who also built many other Gurdwara's in the Indian subcontinent. The current shrine of Patna Sahib or Takht Sri Harmandirji Saheb was built in the 1950s.
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, was born in Patna, Bihar, in 1666. He also spent his early years here before moving to Anandpur. Besides being the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, Patna was also honored by visits from Guru Nanak as well as Guru Tegh Bahadur.
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