Gurudwara Guru ka Tal

At Sikandra in 1675 the ninth Sikh Guru, Tegh Bahadur, gave himself up to Aurangzeb's men before being taken to Delhi and executed; the gurudwara marks that spot. It was raised in the 1970s inside the remains of a Mughal rainwater tank of 1610, and eight of the original twelve carved red-sandstone towers still stand around the complex. Entry is free and langar, the community kitchen open to anyone, runs daily. Cover your head and leave shoes at the counter. Akbar's tomb is minutes away, so the two belong to the same morning.

One of Sikhism's gravest historic sites, set inside a Mughal waterworks, with langar for anyone who comes