SINGHPURA

SINGHPURA, a village 5 km south of Baramula (34″13`N, 74″23`E) in Kashmir valley, claims a historical shrine, Gurdwara Chhevin Patshahl Tharha Sahib, dedicated to Guru Hargobind (1595-1644), whose visit it commemorates. According to local tradition, a Muslim Faqir, Bahlol, served the Guru here and received his blessing. A memorial platform (tharha, in Punjabi) established here was later developed into a gurdwara.

The present building, a marble floored domed room with a covered circumambulatery passage, was raised by the Sikh poet and savant Bhai Vir Singh during the 1930`s.The Gurdwara was formerly under the control of the Chief Khalsa Diwan, but is now managed by the Jammu and Kashmir Gurdwara Prabandhak Board through its district unit at Baramula.