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Kartarpur (Jalandhar)
Charlotte Canning, Countess Canning (née Stuart; 31 March 1817 – 18 November 1861) · Public domain · Wikimedia
Temple, mosque or gurdwara

Kartarpur (Jalandhar)

ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰکرتارپور، بھارت

Town founded by Guru Arjan in the Bist Doab. Guru Hargobind fought the Battle of Kartarpur here in 1635.

Kartarpur in the Jalandhar Doab was founded by Guru Arjan in 1594, and is distinct from Guru Nanak's Kartarpur on the Ravi.

Here Guru Hargobind fought his battle of 1635 against Painde Khan, and here his son Tyag Mal earned the name Tegh Bahadur. Gurdwara Thamm Sahib preserves a wooden post, a thamm, said to have been set up by Guru Arjan.

The Sodhi family of Kartarpur keep the Kartarpur Pothi, believed to be the original Adi Granth of 1604, the most precious manuscript in Sikh history.

Kartarpur (Jalandhar), Jalandhar, Punjab, India

People

Guru Arjan Dev
Guru Arjan Dev1563 – 1606

Fifth Guru. Built the Harmandir Sahib, compiled the Adi Granth in 1604 and became the first Sikh martyr, tortured to death in Lahore in 1606.

Guru Hargobind
Guru Hargobind1595 – 1644

Sixth Guru. Wore two swords, miri and piri, for worldly and spiritual authority, built the Akal Takht and fought the first Sikh battles against Mughal forces.

Battles

1635KartarpurBattle of KartarpurGuru HargobindvsPainde Khan and Mughal forcesSikh victory

Artifacts

The Kartarpur Bir1604

The manuscript of the Adi Granth written out by Bhai Gurdas under Guru Arjan's direction and installed in the Harmandir Sahib in 1604, the original scripture of the Sikhs.

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