After Bidar fort, our next destination was Gurudwara Nanak Jhira Sarowar. It is a beautiful, calm and serene Sikh historical shrine situated in Bidar. This was built in 1948 and is dedicated to the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak.
Guru Nanak was born at Talwandi Rai Bhoe, now known as Sri Nankana Saheb (now in Pakistan ) to Sri Mehta Kalu, a revenue Accountant, & Mata Triptaji in 1469.
People believe that when this world is infested with sins, injustice, tyranny, cruelty, and evil, God Almighty will send some pious soul to this world to destroy the above forces, so that righteousness and truth may prevail. In other words, God himself takes birth in the form of some Saintly person. It is believed that Guru Nanak Devji Maharaj, the first Guru of the Sikhs was the incarnation of God. Before his birth, all kinds of above evil forces were rampant in India.
Bidar was a small village on a hilly track. Guruji sat on the outskirts of the village on the foot of a hill. No greenery was visible throughout the area due to lack of water and the inhabitants were longing for clean sweet drinking water. Guruji instructed Mardana to play his Rabab and he started singing divine songs. Quite near the place, there was a monastery of Muslim ascetics. Pir Jalaluddin & his followers heard divine music and came there.
After some deliberations, the Pir was impressed and ravished with the holy personality of the Guru and paid obeisance. The Pir also narrated the woeful conditions of the local People due to the scarcity of drinking water. The water at Bidar was saltish and was not fit for drinking purposes. Due to the worst condition of water scarcity, no person from the surrounding areas was prepared to give his daughter in marriage to a boy residing at Bidar.
The Local People who thronged to seek the blessings of Guru Ji also complained about the hardships they were facing due to the scarcity of clean sweet drinking water. On hearing the extremely painful plight & prayers of the People, the compassionate and merciful Guruji was very much moved & uttering “ Sat Kartar “ touched his wooden sandal, which he was wearing, to the nearby hillock and removed a stone. To the surprise and delight of all, the un-restrain of clean sweet drinking water started gushing out from the place which is flowing with pomp and pride for the last 500 years. This has become Internationally famous as “Nanak Jhira”. Jhira means a spring of water. A magnificent Gurdwara has been built at this Place.
This spiritual event took place, around March/April 1512 A.D. Since then, clean and sweet drinking water is continuously flowing from this spring. This water is good for health from a hydropathy point of view and cures many incurable ailments.
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