Surrounded by the Sal forest and on the bank of
river Yamuna the historic town of Paonta Sahib was
founded by the tenth Sikh Guru Govind Singh Ji.
When only sixteen years old, the guru left Anandpur
Sahib and on the invitation of Raja Maidini Prakash
of Sirmour, lived at this beautiful place for over
four years. The historic gurudwara commemorates
his stay and interestingly the waters of the Yamuna
fall silently below this -which happened at the
Guru's behest. The word 'Paonta' means 'Space for
a foot hold'.
Facts about Paonta
Sahib
The Gurudwara has linkages to the tenth Sikh Guru,
Guru Gobind Singh and the Sikh leader Banda Bahadur.
Its original name was Paontika. "Paon"
in Hindi means feet and "tika" in Hindi
means became stable. It is believed that Guru Gobind
Singh's horse stopped at this place on its own and
he decided to stay here.
- The place was Guru Gobind Singh's
home for over four years and it was here that
he wrote the Dasam Granth. Sri Dastar Asthan were
he judged the turban tying competitions.
- Gurudwara also houses a museum
which contains a lot of antiques and weapons used
by Guru Gobind Singh during his stay.
- Gurudwara Tirgarh Sahib is
built on the hillock from where Guru Gobind Singh
shot arrows at the enemy.
- Gurudwara Shergarh Sahib place
is the place where Guru Gobind Singh beheaded
a dangerous man eater tiger with a single swipe
of this sword.
- Gurudwara Bhangani Sahib commemorates
Guru Gobind Singh's first battle when he defeated
Raja Fateh Sahib and his allies
