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Takht Sri Patna Sahib

Sikh takht in Patna, Bihar, India)

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History

Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, was born in Patna on 22 December 1666. He spent his early years here before moving to Anandpur Sahib. Besides being the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, Patna was also honored by the visits of Guru Nanak and Guru Tegh Bahadur.

The site was visited by Sir Charles Wilkins, who wrote an account in 1781, later published in the Asiatic Researches periodical. Shortly after this, the building burnt down in a fire and was subsequently reconstructed by Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century, marking again the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh. Due to the damage caused by an earthquake in 1934, the building was rebuilt between 1948 and 1957 for ₹2,000,000.

The current acting jathedar of Takht Patna Sahib is Baldev Singh, who was appointed by Harpreet Singh, the acting jathedar of the Akal Takht on 2 December 2022.

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