Charan Kamal Gurdwara in Punjab

Gurdwara Charan Kamal, at Machhiwara, lies in the Ludhiana district of Punjab. The tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh on his journey, while passing through the beautiful village of Machhiwara, came across a shady garden and chose it to wait and take rest for a while. The Guru had a sip of water from a nearby well and fell asleep on the bare land using his arm to support as a pillow. Later this sacred place that offered peaceful refuge to Guru Gobind Singh ji was developed as the Gurdwara Charan Kamal at Machhiwara.

The Guru met his three devotees Dharam Singh, Daga Singh and Manu Singh for the first time here and they joined him. The sacred shrine in remembrance of the historical event is honored by the beautiful Gurudwara Charan Kamal building. It is here that Guru Govind Singh ji sang "Mitra Piyare Nu" and the place still seems to reverberate with the sacred melody. The Charan Kamal Gurdwara is supplied with water from the same well believed to be the one from which the beautiful garden was watered at that time. An annual meeting fair is held around the months of December and January, corresponding to the days of Guruji's stay in Machiwara i.e. the 9th and 10th day of the Punjabi month of Poh. Another nearby shrine popularly referred to as the Gurdwara Chubara Sahib commemorates the house of Masand Gulaba where the Guru spent the night during the journey. The place is popularly known as 'Gulaba da Chubara'.

Gurdwara Charan Kamal at Machhiwara is well connected by Guru Gobind Singh Marg to the Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway meeting at Samrala (42 km) and at Ropar (46 km).