Do you know about the religious significance of Gurdwara Panjokhra Sahib?

Gurudwara Panjokhra Sahib is dedicated to the memory of the Eighth Guru Sri Harkrishan Sahib Ji. He visited this place on his way to Delhi. It is situated on the Ambala-Naraingarh road. The Guru during his journey from Kiratpur to Panjokhra, travelled through Ropar, Banur, Raipura and Ambala.

There lived a learned Pandit, Lal Chand by name, who was proud of his caste as well as of his learning. He came to see the Guru with devotion and asked, “It is said that you sit on the gaddi of Guru Nanak, but what do you know of the old religious books?”

By chance Chhaju Ram, an illiterate dark-skinned village water carrier happened to pass by at that moment. Guru Harkrishan asked one Dargah Mal to call him. As Chhaju Ram came, the Guru enquired if he would explain to the Pandit the gist of Bhagavad Gita. On this GURU SAHIB blessed a Deaf & Dumb told him to take a bath in a Sarovar nearby, placed a stick on his head and finally he interpreted the Bhagwad Gita. On this Padit Lal Chand asked GURU JI to forgive him for his mistake and he became a follower of GURU JI after this episode. Thereafter, he spent all his life preaching Sikhism. Both he and Chhaju Ram became the disciples of the great Guru and traveled with him up to Kurukshetra.

It is said that Pandit Lal Chand entered the fold of Khalsa, in Guru Gobind Singh’s time and took the name, Lal Singh. He met with a hero’s death fighting in the battle of Chamkaur, on December 7, 1705.

According to historical records, Guru Harkrishan on reaching village Panjokhra, made a boundary of sand and said that anyone who wanted to see him, should stand there, make his supplication and he would have his desire fulfilled. A shrine has been built at the site.

~ Source: www.historicalgurudwaras.com