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Kiratpur
also
known
as
Kiratpur
Sahib
is
a
town
in
Rupnagar
district,
Punjab,
India.
The
town
is
the
location
of
the
Gurdwara
Patal
Puri
where
many
Sikhs
take
ashes
of
their
deceased.
It
is
a
sacred
place
for
the
Sikhs. Guru
Nanak Dev
is
said
to
have
visited
this
place
when
it
was
little
more
than
a
wilderness.
Guru
Hargobind,
the
sixth
Guru
spent
the
last
few
years
of
his
life
here.
Both Guru
Har
Rai and Guru
Harkrishan were
also
born
at
this
place
and
they
received
the
Gurgadi
(Guruship)
at
this
place.
There
are
many
gurudawaras
in
the
town
:
Patalpuri
Sahib,
kiratpur
sahib
Gurudwara
Baba
Gurditta
Ji,
Kiratpur
Sahib
Gurudwara
Babangarh
Sahib,
kiratpur
sahib
Gurudawara
Shish
Mahal
Sahib,
kiratpur
sahib
Gurudawara
Manji
Sahib
gurudawara
Charankamal
Sahib
Gurudwara
Sri
Hargobindsar
Sahib
(Dadhi)
Kiratpur
Sahib
was
founded
by
the
sixth
Guru
Sri
Hargobind
Sahib.
Here
the
seventh
and
eighth
Gurus
were
born
and
brought
up.
It
was
here
that Guru
Gobind
Singh along
with
his
followers
received
the
sacred
head
of
the
ninth Guru
Sri
Tegh
Bahadur,
brought
from
Delhi
with
great
devotion
and
respect
by Bhai
Jaita in
1675.
The
particular
spot
associated
with
and
sanctified
by
it,
is
known
as
Gurudwara
Babangarh
Sahib.
The
tenth
Guru
took
the
sacred
head
of
his
father
in
a
procession
to
Anandpur
Sahib
for
cremation.
The
Punjab
Government
has
constructed
a
pillar
here,
on
which
is
inscribed
the
following
quotation
from
Guru
Gobind
Singh
describing
the
unique
martyrdom
of
Sri
Guru
Tegh
Bahadurji,
"The
Lord
(Guru
Tegh
Bahadur)
protected
their
paste
mark
(Tilak)
-
and
the
sacred
thread.
A
great
deed
he
enacted
in
the
age
of
kala
(darkness)".
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