A glimpse into the history of Gurdwara Amb Sahib, Punjab
Gurdwara Amb sahib – The name – Amb (Mangoes in english) itself depicts the origin and history of the gurdwara sahib.
Bhai Kuram, a resident of village Lambian traveled to Amritsar to have a glimpse of Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji. It was the season of mangoes and the court of the great Guru Arjun Dev Ji was in place. Followers from Kabul came with ripe mangoes. Bhagat Kuram felt sorry that he had come from the land of mangoes but had not thought of bringing any as a serving to the Guru Sahib.
When the darbar ended that night the mangoes were distributed among the devotees as Parshad. All the followers ate the mango and went to their deras to sleep. Bhai Kuram did not eat the mango given to him as parshad. Next day he got up in the morning, took his bath and carried the mango he had received as parshad and offered the same in darbar.
Sri Guru Arjan Dev Ji called Bhai Kuram ji and said, "This mango was given to you as parshad but you have offered the same here". Bhai Kuram very humby bowed before the Guru and answered, "Your Highness, I have come from the land of mangoes but have not brought any as an offering to You, so I retained this one for offering you." Guru Ji ordered him to eat the fruit and promised that his offering shall one day be taken.
On the first day of Poh (mid-December), keeping his father's the previous Guru's promise, the Great Guru Sri Har Rai Ji came here from Kurukshetra, enquired about his follower and came to know that he was deeply engrossed in meditation in the garden. Guru Ji came to him and ordered Bhai Kuram to fulfill his promise of giving a mango. He, very politely, responded to Guru Ji that he was unable to offer any fruit because mangoes were not in season.
Upon listening to his reply Guru Ji asked him to look up. When bhai Kuram looked up he noticed that the mangoe tree, under which he had been sitting in meditation, was now full of ripe fruits. Guru Ji told him to offer mangoes to the sangat. Obeying the orders of Guru Ji Bhai Kuram served mangoes to the Holy Guru and the whole sangat.
And so the name of the Gurdwara Sahib was kept Amb Sahib, due to the name Amb that is Mangoes.
