Built some four centuries ago, the Baba Atal Gurdwara is commemoration of the young life of Baba Atal Rai (1619–1628), the son of
Guru Hargobind. However,
Kanwarjit Singh Kang believes the present-day tower had been erected between circa 1775–1800 (last quarter of the 18th century). Whilst the remaining stories were constructed by various
sardars of notability and public donations. The guilt-dome at the top of the tower was presented by
Desa Singh Majithia. The gurdwara was famed for its
langar and many pilgrims and destitute people visited it to partake in it, where it was freely distributed to all visitors. This led to the coining of a saying related to Baba Atal in the local Amritsari vernacular: In 1903, the following views were possible from the vantage point of the top of the tower: • Northward: on the left-side one could witness the spire of the civil-station church poking out from trees. In-front and closer to the tower, were cupolas of the municipal hall and the red-brick range of the municipal school. The two watch-towers of the Ramgarhia Bunga could be viewed. On the right-side in the northward direction, the spire of Virbhan's Thakurdwara (
Vaishnavite temple) could be seen, further still lay the village of
Vairka, and far in the distance the snowy Himalayan mountain-range was visible. The Ahluwalia Fort could be seen in the northwest. • Eastward: the town of Jandiala located ten miles away could be seen, along with prominent architectural structures located within it, such as white-spires of the local Jain temple. 13 miles off from it one could see
Gurdwara Tarn Taran. Located in the foreground was the little, white shrine of Babeksar and the Ramgarhia cemetery to its right. • Westward: the rooftop of Raja Teja Singh's temple and a union-jack flying from the
Gobindgarh Fort to the right of the temple. • Southward: Ramgarhia fortress of Ram Rauni to the southeast and Qila Bhangian to the southwest. There were formerly cenotaphs (
samadh) located in the courtyard of Gurdwara Baba Atal, with the one immediately south of the structure being for Baba Mohan (who Baba Atal had revived as per the tale) and in the east the cenotaphs of Nawab Kapur Singh of the Faizalpuria Misl and Jodh Singh (Adalati). Another cenotaph located in the southward direction was Jassa Singh Ahluwalia's. To the west was the cenotaph of Ganda Singh, which contained a mural of Baba Atal. To the northwest lay the cenotaph of Sant Singh Giani, which contained murals depicting
Indic deities. On the other-side of the southern buildings was a cremation-ground and various other cenotaphs. Around the Kaulsar tank, there were trees which were inhabited by bats. == Artwork ==