Gurudwaras in Varanasi

Gurdwara Chhoti Sangat is a highly revered Sikh shrine situated in Mohalla Jagat Ganj of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh Gurdwara Chhoti Sangat – is located in a privately owned house in a narrow lane named Bhuteshwar Gali branching off Dashashvamedh Road. It is said to be the congregation spot of a smaller Sikh community (chhoti […]

Nirmal Mir Ghat – near Vishalakshi Temple on the Ganges bank was also once a Sikh Sangat, but is now a study centre or Udasi students of Udasin Sanskrit ViDyalaya. Guru Granth Sahib is still seated here but alongwith Bhagvad Gita on adjacently placed palanquins in rectangular hall.

Gurdwara Bari Sangat Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur – The Gurdwara in Nichi Bagh area is the oldest and most important sangat at Benaras judging from old hukamnamas and other relics possessed by it. At the time of Guru Tegh Bahdur’s visit, the Sangat was headed by Bhai Jawehri lal, the masand. The Guru stayed in a […]

Sri Chetan Math – in Bishwesharganj locality near the Punjabi Market is where the first batch of five Sikhs sent to Benaras by Guru Gobind Singh to study Sanskrit had stayed. It is now called Sri Guru Nanak Nirmal Sanskrit Vidalaya, which is a residential college affiliated to the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University Varanasi. Guru Granth […]

Gurdwara Guru-Ka-Bagh in Varanasi, is dedicated to Guru Nanak who had discussion here with Pandit Chattar Das. An impressive Gurdwara has been built here, in memory of the founder of the Sikh faith. The ninth Guru Tegh Bahadur also visited the holy city of Varanasi. There was already a large religious centre, under masand Jawehrimal, […]