Reetha Sahib Gurudwara Champawat Uttarakhand

Reetha Sahib Gurudwara is situated in a small village called Deyuri in Champawat district of Uttarakhand state. Reetha Sahib Gurudwara is an important Sikh pilgrimage centre, this gurudwara is considered as highly sacred by the Sikhs. This sacred Gurudwara is situated at a distance of about 70 km from Champawat. Reetha Sahib is also called Meetha Reetha Sahib. This Gurudwara was constructed in 1960 by Guru Sahiban, situated at the confluence of Lodiya and Ratiya river situated near Deyuri Village. This place is also famous for a special type of sweet Reetha fruit (fruit of soap) trees. The temple of Dhernaath is situated near this gurdwara. It is believed that after pilgrimage at Reetha Sahib, devotees make this religious journey successful by darshan Dhernaath. It is believed that Guru Nanak Dev had come with his disciple "Bala" and "Mardana" to Reetha Sahib. During the dialogue, Mardana was hungry, then Guru Nanak Dev Ji to break the fruit from the Reetha tree standing nearby and asked to eat, but the Reetha fruit are generally bitter in taste, but which Reetha fruit guru Nanak Dev Ji, the disciple Mardana had given to the eating, with the spiritual attitude of Guru Nanak the "Reetha fruit" became sweet with bitter. After this result, the name of this religious place was named "Reetha Sahib".