Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Talwandi Sabo owns its importance to the literary work of Guru Gobind Singh Ji completed here during his stay 1705.
It was Damdama Sahib that Guru Gobind Singh Ji prepared the revised and authentic version of the Adi Granth into final edition of Sri Guru Granth Sahib which is now honored by the Sikhs eternal Guru or spiritual guide to all Sikhs.
Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji spent around a year at Damdama sahib where he added poems from Guru Tegh Bahadur to the original Sikh scriptures composed by Guru Arjan Sahib which includes the teaching of all the previous Sikh Gurus.
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The Damdama Sahib Bir is another name for the final guru Gobind Singh Ji that was written at Damdama Sahib. Numerous new converts accepted Sikhi and joined the Khalsa during Guru Gobind Singh’s visit.
Damdama means place to have a break and rest. Guru Gobind Singh Ji stayed there after the battle against Mughal atrocities.
Guru Gobind Singh ji left the fort of Anandpur Sahib after the fake promises made by Mughals and Hill Kings. When Guru ji and Sikhs left the Anandpur Fort and reached near Sarsa river. Then, at this place, the Mughal army attacked the Sikhs. The family members of Guru Gobind Singh were separated from each other.
The two younger sons i.e. Baba Fateh Singh and Baba Zorawar Singh along with Mother Gujar Kaur ji were arrested by Wazir Khan of Sirhind near Morinda city. The two young sons were bricked alive in the walls at Sirhind where Gurudwara Fatehgarh Sahib is situated.
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The two elder sons i.e. Baba Ajit Singh and Baba Jujhar Singh along with the Five beloved and Guru Gobind Singh reached at Chamkaur Sahib Here they fought a thundered battle with 10 lakhs of Mughal army soldiers and got their Martyrdom. Gurudwara Katalgarh is built on this place.
After receiving requests from his five most close acquaintances, Guru Gobind Singh ji left Chamkaur di Garhi and travelled via Machiwara, Ludhiana, to visit Dina Kangar (near Moga). From here, he sent a ZAFARNAMA (Letter of Victory) to Aurangzeb, the Indian Mughal Emperor at the time.
After that Sri Guru Gobind Singh arrived in Talwandi Sabo on an elevated piece of land. At the place that Guru Ji rested, the location became famous as ‘Damdama Sahib’.
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From Damdama Sahib, Guru Ji issued orders (Hukamnama) for all Sikh’s so was also known as a ‘Takht’.
The present building of the Takht Sri Damdama Sahib Bathinda was constructed during the 1970s under the supervision of Sant Seva Singh of Sri Keshgarh Sahib and is a spacious high-ceilinged hall, with a pavilion, at either end.
The Takht (throne) proper is a 2 metre high square platform lined with white marble and marked off with numerous columns in the southern part of the hail. This is the sanctum sanctorum on which the Guru Granth Sahib is seated. After the evening service the Holy Granth is carried to the old Manji Sahib in a procession of hymn-singing Sikhs.
The interior of the sanctum is decorated with reflecting glass pieces of varying colours set in geometrical and floral designs. Over the sanctum, above the half roof, is a domed square room topped by a tall gold-plated pinnacle and an umbrella-shaped finial, with a khanda at the apex. Octagonal towers at the hall corners have also domed pavilions above them. All these domes are lined with glazed tiles in white, light yellow and light blue colours.
