History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c25.s19.6

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At Nânder, on the Godâvarî, midway between Aurangâbâd and Haidarâbâd there is another Sikh Dehrâ or shrine. Here Govind Singh, the tenth and last of their Gurus or pontiffs, was stabbed by a Pathân servant and died in 1708. It is built on the plan of the Amritsar temple, being of two storeys, with the dome, which is over the square room in the centre of the structure, raised a storey higher. This inner room has silver plated doors on the four sides and contains the tomb, about which are arranged swords, spears, shields, and steel discuses, that are worshipped by the Sikhs of the colony settled in the town, and by numerous pilgrims that visit the shrine, as having belonged to the Guru.² Round it is a corridor, as in many Muhammadan tombs, and the outer walls have a triple opening on each face, hung with curtains. In it the Granth is daily read and worshipped.