![]() He went out riding and he followed the chase. Yet, he was not a recluse and attended to family responsibilities. He lived a strict and holy life and spent most of his time in meditation. Tegh Bahadur meditated at Bakala for about twenty years (1644-1664) and lived there with his wife and mother. In the 1640s, nearing his end, Guru Hargobind said to his wife Nanaki, to move to his ancestral village of Bakala, together with Tegh Bahadur and Gujri.īakala, as described in Gurbilas Dasvin Patishahi, was then a properous town with many beautiful pools, wells and baolis. He was married to Mata Gujri Ji at Kartarpur in 1632. The young Tegh Bahadur soon showed a bent in the direction of the earlier Sikhs Gurus who had passed the 'seli' of Nanak (the sacred headgear of renunciation) to each new Guru. Bahadur (originally meaning brave was by that time being also used as a superlative meaning better or best). Brave sword wielder or Best sword wielder).(Tegh = wielder of the sword. And so Tyag Mal Ji was renamed Tegh Bahadur Ji (lit. During the battle he had weighed into the enemies with abandon, slashing his sword right and left.Īfter the battle was won, (the Battle of Kartarpur) the victorious Sikhs returning home honored their new hero with a new 'warriors' name. Only 13 years old, he asked his father to accompany him into battle as his village was attack by Painde Khan and the Mughals in a battle over Shah Jahan's hawk. In his early years he learned Gurmukhi, Hindi, Sanskrit and Indian religious philosophy from Bhai Gurdas, and archery and horsemanship from Baba Budha while his father Guru Hargobind Ji, Master of Miri and Piri taught him swordsmanship. Guru Ji whose original name was Tyag Mal spent his childhood at Amritsar. His Saloks (Mahal 9) near the end of the Guru Granth Sahib are extremely popular.He contributed 115 hymns to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib, all of them Sloks.He sacrificed his own life, facing down EmperorAurangzeb on behalf of the Kashmiri Hindus, ending Aurangzeb's threat to either convert to Islam or be executed.He travelled extensively throughout India.He built the city that his son would enlarge and rename Anandpur Sahib.The following is a summary of the main highlights of Guru Ji's life: Guru Har Rai had and two sons: Baba Ram Rai and Guru Harkrishan. Guru Har Rai Sahib married Mata Kishan Kaur (sometimes also referred to as Sulakhni) the daughter of Sri Daya Ram. Baba Gurdita was son of the Sixth Guru Guru Hargobind Sahib. Guru Har Rai Sahib was the Son of Baba Gurdita and Mata Nihal Kaur (also known as Mata Ananti Ji). Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib Ji (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦੁਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ ਜੀ) was the ninth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism, becoming Guru on Saturday, 16 April 1664 following in the footsteps of his grand-nephew, Guru Harkrishan. ![]()
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