PAKKHOKE RANDHAVE, a village in the east of Dera Baba Nanak (32° 2`N, 75° 2`E) in Gurdaspur district of the Punjab, is the place where Guru Nanak`s wife and children stayed with his fatherinlaw during the Guru`s absence on udasis or preaching journeys. The village has a historical shrine dedicated to Baba Sri Chand, the Guru`s elder son, who, after the passing away of his father, stayed here for some time before settling down at Barath. Known as Tahli Sahib Baba Sri Chand, it is a small domed room, with a statue of Baba Sri Chand in a sitting posture installed inside it, near an old shisham or tahti tree. The shrine is managed privately.
References :
1. Gian Singh, Giani, Twarikh Gurduarian. Amritsar, n.d.
2. Narotam, Tara Singh, Sri Guru Tirath Sangrahi. Kankhal, 1975
