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{{Short description|Sikh religious site in Amritsar, Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}
{{Infobox building
| name = Takht Kesgarh Sahib
| alternate_names =
| status = [[Panj Takht|Takht]] of the [[Sikh]]s <ref name=AB>{{cite book|last1=Nabha|first1=Kahan Singh|title=Gur Shabad Ratanakar Mahankosh|date=13 April 1930|publisher=Languages Department of Punjab, Patiala|page=ਅਕਾਲਬੁੰਗਾ|edition=1|url=https://searchgurbani.com/mahan_kosh|access-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819033327/https://searchgurbani.com/mahan_kosh|archive-date=19 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| image = Takht keshgarh Sahib.jpg
| image_size = 200px
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| location_country = [[India]]
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| logo = Nishan_Sahib.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_caption = [[Nishan Sahib|Flag of Takht]]
| location_city = [[Anandpur Sahib]]
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'''Kesgarh Qila or Takht Kesgarh Sahib''', alternatively spelt as '''Keshgarh Qila''', is the name given to the Takhat that the tenth Master constructed in [[Anandpur Sahib]]. The fort is the called [[Kesgarh Sahib|Takhat Kesgarh Sahib]]. This [[Gurdwara]] was one of the forts constructed by [[Guru Gobind Singh]] at Anandpur Sahib for the defense of the [[Sikh]]s. The [[Guru]] spent 25 years at Anandpur Sahib and to protect the Sikhs from the hill Rajas or [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]], the Guru began the construction of five defensive [[Qila]]s (forts) all around the town.

The Qilas, constructed by Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur Sahib are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.discoversikhism.com/sikh_gurdwaras/gurdwara_qila_lohgarh_sahib_anandpur.html|title=Gurdwara Qila Lohgarh Sahib Anandpur | Discover Sikhism}}</ref>

1. Takht Kesgarh Sahib Qila at the center (now a Takhat)

2. Anandgarh Qila (fort of bliss)

3. Lohgarh Qila (fort of steel)

4. Holgarh Qila (fort of colour)

5. Fatehgarh Qila (fort of victory)

6. Taragarh Qila (fort of stars)

All the forts were joined together with earthworks and tunnels. All Qila Situated at Anandpur Sahib. In this Qilas one Qila is now Takht of Sikhs [[Kesgarh Qila|Takht Kesgarh Sahib Qila]].

==History==
{{Multiple image
| image1 = Historical photograph of Takht Keshgarh Sahib.jpg
| caption1 = Historical photograph of Takht Keshgarh Sahib
| image2 = Historical photograph of Qila Anandgarh.jpg
| caption2 = Historical photograph of Qila Anandgarh from May 1934.
}}
The Takht is one of Five Takht in Sikhism, the Takht name is [[Kesgarh Qila|Takht Kesgarh sahib]] being the place where the last two Sikh Gurus, Guru Tegh Bahadur and Guru Gobind Singh, lived. It is also the place where Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth in 1699.

== Jathedars of Takht Keshgarh Sahib ==
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;

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Name 
! Assigned by
! Term

|-
! colspan="3" |Before, there was only one regular [[granthi]] for the serive of serve Kesgarh Sahib.

|-style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center"|Gaini Karam Singh
| [[Sarbat Khalsa]]
|
|-style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center"|Bhai Kharak Singh
| Sarbat Khalsa
| 
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Budh Singh
| Sarbat Khalsa
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Puran Singh
| Sarbat Khalsa
| 

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Amar Singh
| Sarbat Khalsa
| 

|-
! colspan="3" |After the [[Gurdwara Reform Movement]], [[Jathedar]] and [[granthi]] of [[Gurdwara]] are being appointed.
|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Resham Singh
| [[Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee|SGPC]]
|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Partap Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Bir Singh 
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Ajit Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Fauja Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Bachitar Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Guridal Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Harcharan Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Shavinder Singh 
| SGPC
| 

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Balbir Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Manjit Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Tarlochan Singh
| SGPC
|
|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Amrik Singh
| SGPC
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Amrik Singh Ajnala
| Sarbat Khalsa
|

|- style="background:#EEEEEE"
| align="center" |Gaini Raghbir Singh
| SGPC
|Current
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Kesgarh Sahib.jpg|Kesgarh Qila
File:Anandgarh Qila.jpg|Anandgarh Qila
File:Lohgarh Qila.jpg|Lohgarh Qila
File:Holgarh Qila.jpg|Holgarh Qila
File:Fatehgarh Qila Sahib.jpg|Fatehgarh Qila
File:Taragarh Qila.jpg|Taragarh Qila
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[Category:Sikh places]]
[[Category:Sikh architecture]]
[[Category:Rupnagar]]
[[Category:Forts in Punjab, India]]

Takht Kesgarh Sahib - Revision history

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