Gurdwara between taxiway and runway, where people pray for foreign dreams

The airport town of Rajasansi has a special attraction in Gurdwara Sant Sar Baba Jawand Singh. Situated between the runaway and the taxiway of Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, the gurdwara draws people praying for fulfilment of their foreign dreams.

Also, people from the hinterland often bring their small children here to show them an aeroplane at a close distance. If the children are lucky and the timing is perfect, they also see a plane taking off or landing.

The devotees are allowed to enter the taxiway after a proper security check, where they are asked to leave their large handbags and cameras at the counter.

The gurdwara is open for devotees from 5 am to 8 am on all days except Sunday when they are allowed till 11 pm. However, on Sangrand, the first day of every Punjabi month, people are to visit the gurdwara till 4 pm. Special arrangements are made for the devotees in the first week of July on the barsi of Baba Jawand Singh when lakhs of devotees visit the place.

The airport at Rajasansi was used as a military base by the British and it also played a crucial role in the 1948 war. Though there had been attempts to shift the gurdwara, it is believed that the airport was not damaged in 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan due to blessings of Baba Jawand Singh.

Baba Jawand Singh was a revered saint who left for his heavenly abode at the site of the present gurdwara in 1922.

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