Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartar Pur

Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartar Pur is a Gurdwara in Kartarpur, Narowal District, Pakistan.^[1] It is built on the historic site where Jagat Guru Nanak Ji died on 23rd Assu, Samvat 1596 (22nd Sept. 1529). It is at a distance of 120 km from Lahore.

It is also called Dera Nanak Baba. Dera Sahib railway station, on Lahore-Narowal section, serves this place. The Shrine is located by the River Ravi within a distance of four kilometres from the railway station. The present building was built at a cost of Rs.1,35,600, donated by Sardar Bhupindar Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala. It was repaired by the government of Pakistan in 1995, and fully restored in 2004, incurring expenditure in lacs of rupees. It has a spacious and beautiful building. Its location beside a forest and river Ravi makes its care difficult.

As the shrine lies only 3 kilometers away from the border with India, Pakistan in the year 2000^[2] agreed to allow Sikh pilgrims from India to visit the shrine visa and passport-free^[3][4] by constructing a bridge from the border to the shrine - however the Indian government has not signaled its willingness to participate in the schemefor the past 12 years^[5] and so no such visits are currently taking place.

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