Pakistan: Gurdwara Rori Sahib in Jahman village collapses in heavy rains

Published on: 19 Jul 2023 at 09:21 AM

Published by: thefactnews

Islamabad [Pakistan], July 19

The historical Gurdwara Rori Sahib in the Jahman village in Pakistan near its border with India on the Bedia Road has collapsed after the recent heavy rains, Pakistan-based Dawn reported.

The Gurdwara, most likely constructed during Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s era, was related to Guru Nanak as he visited this place thrice.

The concerned authorities’ negligence and illegal occupation of the land left behind by the Sikhs after the partition in 1947 were most likely the reasons behind furthering its fall and the recent heavy rains proved the last nail in its coffin, according to Dawn report.

The Gurdwara was once surrounded by about 500 Kanal of dedicated land in the Sikh-majority village of Jahman. The Gurdwara had a pond on its front, which still exists and is the only piece of land not occupied by land-grabbers.

Constructed with red Nanak Shahi bricks, the Gurdwara had a two-storey structure with a big golden dome on its top. Now only the back wall and a small portion of a side wall have survived while the dome, the central part and the whole front have completely collapsed, as per the Dawn report.

Muhammad Sadiq, who was herding his buffaloes on the dirt road near the collapsed structure, said, “The gurdwara collapsed in the first big rain about 20 days back,” the report said.

He complained against the powerful land-grabber who occupied the land of Gurdwara and also stopped the way to it by digging a four feet wide ditch along the road to block the passage to the Gurdwara.