Anandpur Sahib

Anandpur Sahib, also called simply Anandpur, a name that means city of bliss, is a city in Rupnagar district in the Indian state of Punjab. It stands on the edge of the Shivalik Hills near the Sutlej River. The town was founded in June 1665 by Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh guru, and it later became the home of both him and his successor Guru Gobind Singh. It is one of the most sacred pilgrimage places in Sikhism: Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth here in 1699, and the city holds Takht Sri Kesgarh Sahib, the third of the five Takhts, the seats of highest religious authority for Sikhs. Each spring it hosts the largest annual Sikh gathering, the festivities of Hola Mohalla, and it is home to the Virasat-e-Khalsa museum. The 2011 census of India counted 16,282 people in its municipal council area.