Gurudwara Rakabganj Sahib
Location: Situated near Parliament House
New Delhi-110001
When Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib was beheaded in Chandni Chowk, the lamenting and wailing crowd surged forward to have a closer look at the martyred prophet, a man named Bhai Jaita ji, rushed out of the crowd, and with lightning flash picked up the head of the Guru Sahib and disappeared into the grief stricken crowd.
The clouds darkened and a storm began to rage. Bhai Lakhi Shah, a Sikh devotee and government contractor came rushing with a convoy of horse and bullocks driven by his eight sons through the Chandni Chowk under cover of the darkness created by the dark clouds, they carried away the body of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib to his residence, the present site of Gurdwara Rakab Ganj opposite Parliament building. They reverently placed the body of the Guru Sahib as pre-planned on a pile of sandalwood and set fire to the whole house. They put the remains of the Guru in an urn and buried it on the very spot where the body was cremated. The head of the Guru was taken by his disciple Bhai Jaita ji to Anandpur Sahib where Guru Gobind Singh Sahib cremated it near the place where the Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib used to meditate in a Cell (Bhaura). That place is also known as Sis Ganj of Anandpur Sahib.
Hermitage of Baba Buddha ji and Self-Dedication of Baba Gurditta ji
When Guru Hargobind Sahib was unexpectedly imprisoned during his visit to Delhi and sent to Gwalior prison, Baba Buddha ji, the High Priest looked after the Guru Sahib's horses and camps. The place where he stayed is now known as Buddha pind and a festival is held there in August-September to celebrate the day of the Guru's return from the prison.
Bhai Gurditta was the great grandson of Baba Buddha and the High Priest of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib's durbar. The Guru had sent him to Anandpur Sahib to bestow the articles of spiritual Regalia to his son Guru Gobind Singh Sahib. On his way back, Bhai Gurditta had just entered Delhi when he heard the heart rending cried of the people who were witnessing the martyrdom of his Master. Unable to bear the separation of the Master whom he had served with intense devotion, he went to Baba Buddha's hermitage, sat in samadhi and discarded his body, to remain forever in eternal communion with his Guru and God.
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