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Gurdwara Karamsar Rara Sahib or Gurdwara Rara Sahib is situated at village Rara Sahib near Ludhiana. Rara Sahib is a village near Ludhiana city in Punjab, India. This village was transformed from simple Rara to Rara Sahib due to the visit by the sixth Sikh Guru, Guru Hargobind Ji. 

The village has become famous in recent times because of the dedication of Sant Isher Singh Ji and Sant Kishan Singh Ji. At the request of Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala, they had stayed in the village Rara Sahib and had made this desolate place their abode. Subsequently, a huge Gurdwara complex known as Gurdwara Karamsar was built beside this village.

Sant Isher Singh Ji and Sant Kishan Singh Ji stayed in this village and had made this desolate place their abode and this huge Gurdwara complex was built. This holy abode has been a place of worship and penance of the saint, the great "Sriman 111" Sant Isher Singh Ji. This is the place where he tirelessly devoted himself to God. The present form of the Gurdwara is a monument built in his memory. Sant Kishan Singh Ji undertook and handled all the services at the Gurdwara and set Sant Isher Singh Ji free of all these responsibilities. When the latter Isher Singh left his mortal world of eternity the whole responsibility of preaching came upon his shoulders.

In 1940, Sardar Mohan Singh of Coca Cola fame, arranged for a monumental enclosure to be built for Sant Isher Singh Ji's meditation in seclusion. Thereafter the Sant made it his abode. At present the place of his seclusion is revered and preserved in the Sant's memory. It houses his relics. The devotees flock to this place throughout the year to have a glimpse of the Sant's relics.

The compound of the Darbar Sahib was expanded in 1968. In 1980 Sant Kishan Singh Ji initiated the construction of the magnificent congregation hall in front of the Darbar Sahib. This unique hall measuring 235 × 135 feet was ready by 1983. This magnificence of this elegant hall speaks volumes.

One enters the Gurdwara through the base of a lofty clock tower crowned with a dome. The loftiness of this 105 foot tall tower beckons and welcomes the devotees to the house of Guru Nanak for free community meals and shelter without distinction of any kind.