Guru Ki Maseet
| Guru Ki Maseet | |
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| The former mosque in 1933 | |
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| Location | |
| Location | Sri Hargobindpur, Gurdaspur Punjab |
| Country | India |
Guru Ki Maseet is located in Punjab Guru Ki Maseet Location of the former mosque, now Sikh temple, in Punjab | |
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| Geographic coordinates | 31°41′14.786′′N 75°28′47.347′′E / 31.68744056°N 75.47981861°E / 31.68744056; 75.47981861 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Style | Indo-Islamic |
| Founder | Guru Hargobind |
| Completed | 17th century |
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The Guru ki Maseet, also spelt as Guru kī Masīt, alternatively known in English as Guru's Mosque, is a 17th-century former mosque (Punjabi: Masīta) and, since 1947, repurposed as a Sikh gurdwara, located in Sri Hargobindpur, in the Gurdaspur district of the state of Punjab, India. The former mosque was constructed by sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib at request of local Muslims.[1] [2] [3] [4]
History
[edit ]As per Sikh accounts, Guru Hargobind had constructed a mosque in the eastern part of Sri Hargobindpur overlooking the riverbed for local Muslim settlers of the locality.[4] Guru Hargobind also built a dharamsāl in Sri Hargobindpur for Hindus.[4] In the aftermath of the partition of Punjab in 1947, the mosque lay abandoned.[4] Nihangs took-over the complex and established a gurdwara at the site of the former mosque.[4]
Restoration work began in 2010 by local Sikhs to renovate the structure.[3]
See also
[edit ]- Conversion of mosques into non-Islamic places of worship
- Islam in India
- List of gurdwaras in India
- List of mosques in India
- Sikhism in India
References
[edit ]- ^ Bowman, Glenn (15 July 2012). Sharing the Sacra: The Politics and Pragmatics of Intercommunal Relations around Holy Places. Berghahn Books. p. 39.
- ^ Competition Science Vision. Vol. 5. Pratiyogita Darpan. June 2002. p. 432.
- ^ a b Westhead, Rick (18 August 2010). "In India's Punjab, a rebuilt mosque stirs hope". thestar.com. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Singh, Gurmukh (2004). Singh, Harbans (ed.). The Encyclopedia of Sikhism. Vol. 4: S–Z (2nd ed.). Patiala: Punjabi University. p. 235. ISBN 817380530X.
