Wazirabad is a leading district of Gujrat division and Kotha Sahib (also known as Guru Kotha), the sacred place named after the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji, is located in this town. On his way back from Kashmir, he stayed at the house of one of his devotees by the name of Bhai Khem Chand Ji. A Gurdwara Sahib was built here later. Once it was a beautiful building but its major portion has collapsed now and premises are occupied by refugees.
Its architecture is peculiar. Its three-storeys on a high plinth have similar dimension but each has a different design. The rectangular ground floor has only one entrance and no windows. The first floor has three windows on the façade; the width of the central one is three times that of the one on either side of it. The room has also a window each on the side walls. It has a dented cornice. The second floor consists of three domed rooms, the central one is slightly bigger than the others but its dome is much bigger and sits on a tower-like base. Before 1947, Basant Panchmi (Janaury-February) and Divali (October-November) used to be celebrated here.
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