SAHVA, a village in Churu district of Rajasthan, 40 km
southwest of Bhadra , is referred to as Suheva in Sikh chronicles and is
popularly called Suhava Sahib. Guru Gobind Singh, while travelling from the
Punjab to the South in October November 1706 arrived here from Nohar via Surpur
along the old cartroad which still exists. He established his camp near the
eastern bank of a pond. Param Singh and Dharam Singh, sons of Bhai Rup Chand,
used to make the Guru`s bed at every stage of the journey.
Not finding a suitable cot here, they improvised a
bedstead with tree branches and wild grass. They were blessed by the Guru for
their service and devotion. Near the Guru`s camp there stood an old jand tree
through which had sprouted a pipal. The Guru remarked that as the pipal tree
overgrew the rough, thorny Jand, the Khalsa would prosper. At present only the
old pipal tree stands. It was probably during his stay here that the Guru
visited Bhadra
Platform was constructed on the spot consecrated by the
Guru`s stay, and was looked after by a local devotee, Daulat Ram, and his
descendants till 1873 when a Punjabi Sikh, Ram Singh, settled here as a
permanent granthi. The Maharaja of Patiala sanctioned ajagir`m 1882, which
continued till 1951. The cornerstone for the present building was laid on the
1st of Baisakh 1942 Bk/ 11 April 1885. In 1966 Baba Baghel Singh, a karsevavale
activist acquired it from Mahant Harnam Singh (7 May 1976). The principal
annual festival is the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak when Sikhs from the
surrounding area come to pay homage at this gurdwara.
