Guru Ki Maseet

The Guru ki Maseet, also spelt as Guru kī Masīt, alternatively known in English as Guru's Mosque, is a 17th-century former mosque and, since 1947, repurposed as a Sikh gurdwara, located in Sri Hargobindpur, in the Gurdaspur district of the state of Punjab, India. The former mosque was constructed by sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib at request of local Muslims.

History

As per Sikh accounts, Guru Hargobind had constructed a mosque in the eastern part of Sri Hargobindpur overlooking the riverbed for local Muslim settlers of the locality or for his Muslim workers. Guru Hargobind also built a dharamsāl in Sri Hargobindpur for Hindus. The mosque was actually larger than the gurdwara that had been constructed for the Sikhs of the guru. Its construction is an example of the egalitarian tenets of the Sikh faith.
In the aftermath of the partition of Punjab in 1947, the mosque lay abandoned. Nihangs took-over the complex and established a gurdwara at the site of the former mosque.
Restoration work began in 2010 by local Sikhs to renovate the structure.