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Guru Ka Taal, Sikandra, UP

Guru Ka Taal, Sikandra, UP

The Guru ka Taal is a Mughal-period water tank located north of the Grand Trunk Road in Sikandra, Agra district of Uttar Pradesh, near the Gurudwara Guru-ka-Taal. It was probably constructed in 1610 CE by Itibar Khan. The tank was later associated with Sikh tradition and given its present name. Built of lakhori bricks, red sandstone, and lime mortar, it was once a large, well-planned reservoir with ghats and chhatris on all sides. The site is currently unprotected, and only fragments survive today, with most of the tank filled in or reused for agriculture and modern development.

Guru Ka Taal, Sikandra, UP

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: General view of tank, now dried up and repurposed as an open field

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Octagonal minars with bulbous domes on west side of the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Southwest view of dried tank bed

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Southwest view of dried tank bed

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Southwest corner of dried tank, with domed minars on west and south sides

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Northwest view of the dried tank bed

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: General view of the northwest side of the tank with minars on north and west sides

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Octagonal minars with bulbous domes on north side of the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Octagonal minar with a bulbous dome on north side of the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Octagonal minar with a bulbous dome on north side of the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Octagonal minar with a bulbous dome on east side of the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Octagonal minar with a bulbous dome on east side of the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1610 CE

Subject: Octagonal minar with a bulbous dome on south side of the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1970 CE

Subject: General view of the Gurudwara located to the east of tank and probably named after the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1970 CE

Subject: General view of the Gurudwara located to the east of tank and probably named after the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1970 CE

Subject: General view of the Gurudwara located to the east of tank and probably named after the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1970 CE

Subject: General view of the Gurudwara located to the east of tank and probably named after the tank

Site Name: Sikandra

Date: 1970 CE

Subject: Equestrian statue in front of the Gurudwara