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Gurdwara
Sis Ganj was built on the land where the Mughals in 1675 AD martyred the
Sikh Guru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur.
Legend Behind Sis Ganj Gurdwara
It is believed that the night Guru Tegh Bahadur was murdered along with
three of his disciples it was raining very heavily. Because of the fear of
the Mughals nobody came to pick the bodies up that night. The next day the
head of the Guru was taken to Anandpur Sahib and the body to where
Gurdwara Rakab Ganj is now situated. A century later a devotee named Baba
Baghel Singh searched and found this place and had this place of worship
constructed here.
Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib embraced martyrdom in Delhi on
November 11th, 1675. Bhai Jaita and his associates brought his head to
Chakk Nanaki. The cremation of the head of Guru Sahib was held here on
November 17th, 1675. The trunk of that tree under which the Guru was
martyred and the well where he took his daily bath while in prison are
preserved here to this day. When Guru Gobind Singh Sahib left Anandpur
Sahib, on the night of December 5th and 6th, 1705, he visited this place
and appointed Bhai Gurbakhsh Das Udasi as caretaker of this shrine and
began his final journey. It is believed that the central pedestal of this
shrine is the oldest structure of Chakk Nanaki-Anandpur Sahib.