Located in the neighbourhood of T. Nagar, it is a non-historical holy place for the Sikh community in the city.
The Punjabi families who settled down in the city in early days formed a congregation and the Punjab Association was founded in 1937.
The decision to build a gurudwara was made when the Sri Guru Nanak Sat Sangh Sabha was founded in 1949 by Lieutenant-Colonel Gurdial Singh Gill (1893–1982), a former director general of prisons.
The initial patron was Maharani Vidyawati Devi Sahib of Vizianagaram, a princess who hailed from Keonthal near Shimla and married into a princely Andhra family.
[2][3] Prayers meetings, wherein teachings from the Guru Granth Sahib are read, are held in the morning and evening, with regular poojas and kirthans.