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Shri Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib Ji

Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib Ji is a complex consisting of several important shrines of Gurudwaras linked to the younger sahibzadas (younger sons) of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. It is located about 5 km north of Sirhind in a district Fatehgarh sahib and marks the sad site of the execution in 1705 of the two younger sons of the tenth sikh Master at the behast of Wazir Khan of Kunjpura, the faujdar of Sirhind.

The main entrance to the Gurdwara complex was built by Maharaja Yadvindra Singh of Patiala in 1952. The historical wall, in which the younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh were bricked in, has been preserved in this Gurdwara. The sanctuary containing the historical wall in known as Gurudwara Bhora Sahib.

Gurudwara Burj Mata Gujri and Gurdwara Shahib Ganj are also located in the main complex of Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib. It was at the site of Gurdwara Burj Mata Gujri that the two younger sons Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh of tenth Guru and the Guru's mother Mata Gujri were kept in confinement by Wazir khan.

The place were the three were confined is known as the 'THANDA BURJ' (cold tower); built to provide a cool retreat from the summer's heat, it provided only chilling punishment to the Guru's sons and his mother during their imprisonment in the extreme cold. It was in the tower that Mata Gujri collapsed on hearing the news of the martyrdom of her grandsons. Later on, Gurdwara Mata Gujri was constructed at this location to honour Mata ji.

Gurdwara Shahid Ganj is a low square platform with a flagpost, in the northern part of the inner compound of the main Gurdwara. It marks the site of the cremation of Sikhs who laid down their lives at the time of Banda Singh's conquest of Sirhind in 1710. This shrine, too, is attended by the Niharig Singhs.

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