Paonta Sahib
Paonta Sahib, a city sacred to the memory of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, is also a bustling township with growing industries. It retains tangibly memorials to the martial Guru in the form of his weapons and a majestic Gurudwara and recalls his presence even in the name of the city which is derived from “paon” meaning “foot” either because he set foot in this place or according to an alternative story, because he lost an ornament which he wore on his foot called a “Paonta” while bathing in the river Yamuna which flows here.
Gurudwara Paonta Sahib (200m): This site was Guru Gobind Singh’s home for over four years and it was here that he wrote the ‘Dasam Granth’. Within its precincts are the ‘Sri Talab Asthan’, where he disbursed salaries and the ‘Sri Dastar Asthan’, where he judged the turban-tying competitions. At the Kavi Darbar Asthan, poetic symposia were held. There is also a memorial of ‘Kalpi Rishi’ and a museum that displays pens of the Guru and weapons of the time.
