Gurudwara Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, honors the tenth Sikh Guru in this historic town on the banks of the Beas River. Mandi, known as the 'Varanasi of the Hills' for its 81 temples, has Sikh historical connections through the meeting of Guru Gobind Singh with the hill rajas at nearby Rewalsar in 1701, where the Guru sought to forge alliances against Mughal oppression.