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A Takht is a throne — a seat of temporal authority in Sikhism, where the Panth's decisions are made and its edicts issued. Every Takht is a gurudwara, but not every gurudwara is a Takht, however large or beloved: a gurudwara is a place of worship, while a Takht also speaks for the community. There are five, known together as the Panj Takht.
The first and highest is the Akal Takht, the Throne of the Timeless, raised at Amritsar in the early 1600s by the sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind, who wore two swords — miri for temporal power, piri for spiritual. It stands facing the Harmandir Sahib inside the Golden Temple complex, and the pairing is the point: the shrine represents the Guru's word, the Takht the dispensing of justice.
The other four mark turning points in the life of the tenth Guru. Takht Sri Patna Sahib in Bihar is where Guru Gobind Singh was born in 1666. Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib at Anandpur Sahib is where he founded the Khalsa on Vaisakhi in 1699. Takht Sri Damdama Sahib at Talwandi Sabo is where the final recension of the Guru Granth Sahib was prepared, with Bhai Mani Singh as scribe, earning the town the name Guru ki Kashi. Takht Sachkhand Sri Hazur Sahib at Nanded is where the Guru died in 1708, having conferred the Guruship on the Guru Granth Sahib itself — the succession every Sikh follows today.
Damdama Sahib's place among the five is the one that has been argued over: the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee recognised it in 1966 and the Government of India in 1999, but the Budha Dal of the Akali-Nihang Sikhs holds that its own seat should hold the fifth place. Few devotees ever stand in all five, scattered as they are from Punjab to Bihar to Maharashtra. When you cannot travel to them, a verified Sevak offers your ardas at any of them and sends you same-day proof.
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