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This towering seven-storeyed octagonal shrine crowned by a gilt dome is dedicated to the sixth Guru's seven-year-old son, Baba Atal (1622-1629), who is said to have forfeited his own life when his father rebuked him for miraculously bringing a dead playmate back to life. His body was cremated on the spot now occupied by the shrine, the foundation of the structure being laid in 1770.