Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini

Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini
Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini
Location in Bihar
Name
Proper name Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini
Geography
Coordinates 25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E / 25.6079917°N 85.1675167°E / 25.6079917; 85.1675167Coordinates: 25°36′28.77″N 85°10′03.06″E / 25.6079917°N 85.1675167°E / 25.6079917; 85.1675167
Country India
State Bihar
Location Patna
Culture
Primary deity Guru
Architecture
Architectural styles Gurdwara
History and governance
Date built unknown
Creator King Fateh Chand Maini

Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini in a narrow lane close to Takht Sri Harmandir Sahib marks the house where King Fateh Chand Maini lived. His childless Queen had developed special fondness for the young Guru Gobind Singh, who, too, often came here to sit in the Queen's lap giving her immense delight and spiritual solace. She fed the Child Gobind and his playmates, at this demand, with boiled and salted gram.[1] Even now boiled and salted gram is served as prasad (consecrated food) in this Gurdwara, which, unlike the other shrines in Patna Sahib, is served by Nirmala Sikhs. A wood carving on the old front door is dated August 28, 1668, but the hall housing the sanctum and other blocks of rooms in the inner compound have been reconstructed during recent decades.

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References

  1. ↑ Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini

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