Manji Sahib Diwan Hall

Gurdwara Manji Sahib Diwan Hall is a large covered hall in the Sri Harmandir Sahib complex at Amritsar, opposite the Guru Ram Das langar hall. Visitor guides to the complex describe it as the place where a granthi explains the day's hukamnama to the sangat each morning and evening, a practice they trace to Guru Arjan, and where a raised platform under a marble canopy marks the spot where Guru Arjan recited Barah Mah. They add that the gurdwara is dedicated to Guru Arjan Dev and that he composed Sukhmani Sahib there. These are the guides' accounts of tradition; the sources opened do not explain the name Manji Sahib.

The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) uses the hall for its largest congregations.

Key moments

• 23 December 2020: a Gurmat Samagam for the martyrdom of the four Sahibzade, under SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur.
• 25 to 27 October 2022: an Akhand Path and a two-day Gurmat Samagam for the centenary of Saka Panja Sahib, with the main congregation on 27 October attended by Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh, SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami and heads of sampradas. A joint SGPC and Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee congregation followed at Panja Sahib on 30 October.
• Every 4 July: the SGPC marks the anniversary of the 1955 attack on the Golden Temple with an Akhand Path and kirtan at the hall, with Panthic figures taking part.
• 30 September and 1 October (the year is not stated, in the 150th anniversary year of the Singh Sabha): a two-day SGPC event on the movement opens with a Gurmat Samagam by Shaheed Sikh Missionary College students, and a main congregation on 1 October is planned for Takht Jathedars, sampradas, Nihang groups and the SGPC president.

What it means today. Going by the events opened for this page, the hall is the SGPC's main indoor stage in the Darbar Sahib complex for the Panth's commemorations and centenaries.