Gurdwara Bangla Sahib is recognizable by its gleaming golden dome and white marble facade that rises above the surrounding cityscape. This site began as a seventeenth-century bungalow owned by the Rajput ruler Raja Jai Singh. In sixteen sixty-four, the eighth Sikh Guru, Har Krishan, stayed here during a visit to Delhi. At that time, a devastating smallpox and cholera epidemic swept through the city, and the Guru reportedly provided fresh water from a well on the property to those suffering, an act that led many to associate the site with healing.
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib
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