AKAL BUNGA SAHIB GURUDWARA, ANANDPUR This Gurdwara is situated exact opposite to Gurdwara Sis Ganj. Here, Guru Sahib addressed the Sikhs after the cremation of the head of Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib. Guru Sahib asked the Sikhs to bow before the Will of the Almighty. He told them to be prepared for struggle for freedom of faith and war against tyranny and injustice.
Akal Bunga opposite Gurdwara Sis Ganj within the same compound is a small shrine housed in an old building said to have been built by a pujari, priest, Man Singh in 1889. It comprises a pentagonal room on either side of a masonry pedestal on which the Guru Granth Sahib is seated behind glass panels. The pedestal marks the spot sitting where during the obsequies of his father, Guru Gobind Singh delivered a sermon to his followers.
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After Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji was martyred in Delhi (1675 AD), his head was brought back and cremated at the site of Gurdwara Sri Sis Ganj Sahib Anandpur. Directly across from Gurdwara Sri Sis Ganj Sahib Anandpur, where Gurdwara Akal Bunga Sahib is now, Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji addressed the Sikhs after the cremation. Guru Gobind Singh Ji, only a young boy at the time, asked the Sikhs them to prepare to fight for freedom of faith and to wage war against tyranny and injustice.
There is an old building, said to have been built, by a pujari caretaker Man Singh, in 1889. It comprises of a pentagonal room on either side of a masonry pedestal on which the Guru Granth Sahib is seated behind glass panels. The pedestal marks the spot where during the funeral of his father, Guru Gobind Singh Ji delivered the speech to his Sikhs.
