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Gurudwara Sri Goindwal Sahib (Sikhi da Dhura)

Goindwal is the place where Guru Amar Das met Guru Ram Das and is also the birthplace of Guru Arjan Dev Ji. Sri Guru Amar Das Ji (the third Guru) stayed in Goindwal for 33 years where he established a new center for preaching Sikhism.
At a distance of 25 km from Tarn Taran and similar from Kapurthala and 48-50 km from Amritsar Junction, Gurudwara Goindwal Sahib is a Sikh shrine situated at Goindwal Sahib town in Tarn Taran district of Punjab.
 It is one of Punjab's major pilgrimage places and one of the best Amritsar tourist places. The town's location was an ancient east-west highway crossing the river Beas connecting Delhi and Lahore and the head of the most important ferries on the river Beas. With the renovation of the highway by Sher Shall Sur, the Afghan ruler of north India (1540–45), this ferry site became an important transit point. The Goindwal Baoli is the first Sikh pilgrimage which was set under the supervision of Shri Guru Amar Das Ji in the 16th Century. 
Guru Amar Das, the 3rd Sikh Guru, stayed in Goindwal for 33 years. Here, he constructed a Baoli or a well with 84 steps. A Baoli (step well), paved with 84 steps was constructed here. Sikhs believe that by reciting Japji Sahib, the divine Word revealed to Guru Nanak Sahib Ji, at each of the 84 steps after taking a bath in the Baoli provides Moksha, liberation from 84,00,000 cycles of life of this world, and unity with God (mukhti) if completed with a pure heart. The Baoli Sahib is a large, open well, 8 meters across. Its water level is reached through a covered passage comprising a flight of 84 steps. A wide pointed archway opens on a domed clearance, four steps below the ground level, decorated with frescoes depicting the life of Guru Amar Das. The well has a few resting places between the 84 steps providing the Sikhs a place to get together and have spiritual discussions. Adjoining the Baoli, a magnificent Gurdwara has been built. 
The Gurdwara is an example of typical Sikh architecture with a large dome tipped with a gold pinnacle. Besides, there is Langar, the famous community kitchen of Guru Amar Das Ji, where each visitor is offered food free of cost. It has been recorded by a Sikh historian that Emperor Akbar also took meals in the Langar before meeting the Guru. There is another domed entrance, ornamented with frescoes reflecting the great saint's life- Guru Amar Das.

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