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{{short description|Historic Gurdware in Lahore, Pakistan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name                  = Gurdwara Lal Khoohi
| native_name           = ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਲਾਲ ਖ਼ੂਹੀ
| native_name_lang      = pa
| image                 = 
| image_size            = 
| caption               = 
| religious_affiliation = [[Religion:Sikhism|Sikhism]]
| location              = Mochi Gate, Lahore
| state                 = Punjab
| country               = Pakistan
| map_type              = Pakistan Punjab#Pakistan#Asia
| map_size              = 200
| coordinates           = {{coord|31.577316|74.321424|format=dms|type:landmark_region:PK|display=inline,title}}
| year_completed        = 1753
| groundbreaking        = 1716
| website               = {{url|http://sgpc.net/gurdwara-lal-khooh-lahore/}}
}}
'''Gurdwara Lal Khoohi''' (''The Bloody Well''), alternatively '''Gurdwara Lal Khooh''' or '''Lal Khoo''', literally ''Gurdwara Well of Blood'' was a historical [[Religion:Gurdwara|Gurdwara]] located near Mochi Gate in Lahore, {{wipe|Pakistan}}.<ref>Singha, Rupa. ''Gurdware Gurdham: Jinha Ton Path Nu Vichhodia Gia'', p. 38. Dharam Parchar Committee, SGPC.</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Sheikh | first=Majid | title=HARKING BACK: Fateful route of a great Guru as he walked to his death | website=DAWN.COM | date=2019-02-17 | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1464276 | access-date=2020-10-11}}</ref>

==Historical significance==
It was built at the site where the fifth Sikh Guru, Guru Arjan Dev, was incarcerated during the reign of the Mughal Emperor, Jehangir.<ref>Qureshi, Tania. [http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/02/20/features/gurdwaras/ "Gurdwaras"], ''Pakistan Today'' newspaper, 20 February 2016. Retrieved on 8 February 2017.</ref><ref>Chaburji. [http://nation.com.pk/columns/10-Mar-2011/Havelis-of-Lahore "Havelis of Lahore"], ''The Nation (Pakistan)'' newspaper, 10 March 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Sheikh | first=Majid | title=Why a professor wept at Lal Khuh inside Mochi Gate | website=DAWN.COM | date=2017-10-29 | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1366942 | access-date=2020-10-11}}</ref>

==Conversion to muslim shrine==
It has since been converted<ref>{{cite web | title=Lahore Historical Gurdwara turned into Muslim shrine | website=SinghStation | date=2016-07-07 | url=https://singhstation.net/2016/07/lahore-historical-gurdwara-turned-muslim-shrine/ | access-date=2020-10-11}}</ref> into a Muslim shrine, ''Haq Char Yaar'',<ref>Bharti, Vishav. [http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/lahore-s-historical-gurdwara-now-a-muslim-shrine/251494.html "Lahore’s historical gurdwara now a Muslim shrine"], ''The Tribune (Chandigarh)'', Chandigarh, 13 June 2016. Retrieved on 16 July 2016.</ref> in reference to the [[Religion:Rashidun|first four caliphs in Islam]].<ref name="Gurudwaras of Pakistan: Systematic Destruction by Islamist Radical Pakistan 2019">{{cite web | title=Gurudwaras of Pakistan: Systematic Destruction by Islamist Radical Pakistan | date=2019-11-10 | url=https://news-communique.com/index.php/2019/11/10/gurudwaras-of-pakistan-systematic-destruction-by-islamist-radical-pakistan/ | access-date=2020-10-11}}</ref> In 2007, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee condemned this act by muslims.<ref>{{cite web | title=No Muslim shrine in gurdwara | website=The Tribune| date=2007-08-27 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070827/main8.htm | access-date=2020-10-11}}</ref>

==See also==
*Conversion of non-Islamic places of worship into mosques
*Gurdwara Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://sgpc.net/gurdwara-lal-khooh-lahore/ Official website]


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