Gurdwara Lal Khoohi (The Bloody Well), also known as Gurdwara Lal Khoo Patshahi Panjvin, alternatively Gurdwara Lal Khooh or Lal Khoo, literally Gurdwara Well of Blood was a historical Gurdwara located near Mochi Gate in Lahore, Pakistan.Singha, Rupa. Gurdware Gurdham: Jinha Ton Path Nu Vichhodia Gia, p. 38. Dharam Parchar Committee, SGPC. The gurdwara is located at the coordinates 31°34'41.4"N 74°19'20.1"E.
History
It was built at the site where the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, was incarcerated during the reign of the Mughal Emperor, Jehangir.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. It is believed the guru was tortured here by Chandu Shah and his servants in 1606. Sikhs believe the guru was tortured by being made to sit on a hot cooking plate, being boiled in hot water, and having hot sand poured on him. The gurdwara was constructed over a well that the guru was believed to have been bathed in. The haveli of Chandu Shah is located nearby on the same street. Before partition in 1947, the gurdwara had a shop and 1.25 aces of land surrounding it in its possession, along with 3 acres of land in Khokhar village in Lahore tehsil.
Conversion to an Islamic shrine It has since been converted into a Muslim shrine, Haq Char Yaar,Bharti, Vishav. "Lahore’s historical gurdwara now a Muslim shrine", The Tribune (Chandigarh), Chandigarh, 13 June 2016. Retrieved on 16 July 2016. in reference to the first four caliphs in Islam. In 2007, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee condemned this act by Pakistani Muslims.
Gallery
See also Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh
References
External links Official website