Gurdwara Moti Bagh is located near Dhaula Kuan on Ring Road. Gurdwara Moti Bagh is associated with the visit of the 10th Guru, Guru Gobind Singh, who had come to Delhi on the request of Prince Muazzam, later to become Emperor Bahadur Shah, who sought his help in the battle of succession to the throne of Delhi. This happened in 1707, when the struggle for succession started due to the sudden demise of Emperor Aurangzeb in Deccan. Bhai Nand Lal, the great scholar and poet of Persian language and a devotee of Guru Gobind Singh, requested him to help Prince Muazzam, the eldest son of Aurangzeb.
Guru Gobind Singh is said to have camped here in a colony of cobblers with his army. It is believed that the Guru announced his arrival in Delhi by shooting an arrow into the right foot of Emperor Bahadur Shah’s chair from a distance of eight miles. Bahadur Shah was sitting in the Red Fort at that time. Seeing an arrow, Bahadur Shah took this as a miracle. Soon another arrow was shot in the left foot with a note that this was not a miracle but skill in archery. The emperor was so impressed with the skill that he immediately acknowledged Guru’s supremacy.
The Deohri (gate) from where Guru Gobind Singh shot the arrows has been preserved and Guru Granth Sahib has been installed there as a mark of respect to the superb archery skills of the Guru. Even now from the top of the Deohri, one can see the skyline of Delhi and Red Fort. The Sikhs of Delhi have constructed a new Gurdwara building but the old building from where the 10th master shot two arrows to Red Fort, is still intact.
