Short description: Historic Gurdware in Lahore, Pakistan
Gurdwara Lal Khoohi (The Bloody Well), alternatively Gurdwara Lal Khooh or Lal Khoo, literally Gurdwara Well of Blood was a historical Gurdwara located near Mochi Gate in Lahore, Pakistan .[1][2]
Historical significance
It was built at the site where the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, was incarcerated during the reign of the Mughal Emperor, Jehangir.[3][4][5]
Conversion to muslim shrine
It has since been converted[6] into a Muslim shrine, Haq Char Yaar,[7] in reference to the first four caliphs in Islam.[8] In 2007, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee condemned this act by muslims.[9]
See also
- Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques
- Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh
References
- ↑ Singha, Rupa. Gurdware Gurdham: Jinha Ton Path Nu Vichhodia Gia, p. 38. Dharam Parchar Committee, SGPC.
- ↑ Sheikh, Majid (2019-02-17). "HARKING BACK: Fateful route of a great Guru as he walked to his death". https://www.dawn.com/news/1464276.
- ↑ Qureshi, Tania. "Gurdwaras", Pakistan Today newspaper, 20 February 2016. Retrieved on 8 February 2017.
- ↑ Chaburji. "Havelis of Lahore", The Nation (Pakistan) newspaper, 10 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ↑ Sheikh, Majid (2017-10-29). "Why a professor wept at Lal Khuh inside Mochi Gate". https://www.dawn.com/news/1366942.
- ↑ "Lahore Historical Gurdwara turned into Muslim shrine". 2016-07-07. https://singhstation.net/2016/07/lahore-historical-gurdwara-turned-muslim-shrine/.
- ↑ Bharti, Vishav. "Lahore’s historical gurdwara now a Muslim shrine", The Tribune (Chandigarh), Chandigarh, 13 June 2016. Retrieved on 16 July 2016.
- ↑ "Gurudwaras of Pakistan: Systematic Destruction by Islamist Radical Pakistan". 2019-11-10. https://news-communique.com/index.php/2019/11/10/gurudwaras-of-pakistan-systematic-destruction-by-islamist-radical-pakistan/.
- ↑ "No Muslim shrine in gurdwara". 2007-08-27. https://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070827/main8.htm.
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