Sufi inheritance of Amritsar

International.Journal of All Research Education and scientific Methods, 2022

Seventeenth Century in the Sikh history was the period of upheavals in terms of Mughal-Sikh relations.Sikh Guru's maintained congenial relations with the ruling Mughal power in late sixteenth century. Akbar's reign with his akhlaqi,sulh-i-Kul policy wonminds of numerous Indian non-muslims. Seventeenth century saw political and philosophical changes in the time of new Mughal ruler Jahangir. Guru Arjan Dev's execution transformed Sikhism from times of Sixth Guru,Guru Hargobind.Many battles were fought with them.With the accession of Seventh Guru Har Rai, though he was a great warrior,but once again Sikh Mughal relations improved between him due to Shahjahan son Dara Shikoh.Aurangzeb's accession to the Mughal throne brought bitterness with Sikh relations. This paper intends to explore Guru Har Rai's period in context to his political relations with Mughals, as a warrior or a Sultan and as a soulful Darwesh,environmentalists with the humanitarian nature to save the humanity with peace and harmony with Sikh ideology and philosophy. Attempt has also been made to touch upon the unexplored venues of his times, with his following ideology of Nirbhau and Nirvair, which was later propounded by the ninth Guru Tegh Bahadur in relations with Aurangzeb. (Early-18 th century Pahari Painting) Guru Har Rai was the grandson of Guru Hargobind and the son of Baba Gurditta popularly known as Baba Jiwan (Jiu) 1. Guru Hargobind had five sons and one daughter. The eldest son Baba Gurditta had two sons, DhirMal and Har Rai. He was born to Mata Nihal Kaur 2 at Sheesh Mahal, Kiratpur, District RoopNalagarh(Ropar) in 30 January 1630. 3 After the demise of Baba Gurditta in 1638,Hari Rai Sahib was brought up under the care of Guru Hargobind. When Guru Hargobind moved to Kiratpur, DhirMal stayed back with his mother at Kartarpur and took possession of the Guru"s property and of the priceless original copy of the Adi Granth. He thought that if he had itscopy the Sikhs would look upon him as their religious leader and thus, he refused to come to Kiratpur. From childhood, Guru Har Rai Sahib was of saintly nature and was engaged in the service of Guru Ghar. He was also the Sultan and Darvesh, as presented by Bhai Nand Lal in a poetic way, Bhai Nand Lal 4

This historical gurdwara was built in the reign of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan by Baba Ram Rai, elder son of the Seventh Sikh Guru Hari Rai Ji. Guru Nanak washed his feet in a small pond on the place where this gurdwara is situated. This is why, the place is considered sacred by the Sikhs.

Naveen Zaman , 2014

A small presentation regarding Sikhism and the famous Gurdwara Panja Sahib located near Abbotabad , Pakistan.

Abstract of Sikh Studies , 2022

Iqbal Qaiser (1998) in his famous book, Historical Sikh Shrines in Pakistan refers to Gurdwara Pehli Patshahi at the ancient Hindu pilgrimage site of Katas Raj at Chakwal district in West Punjab. The place was abandoned after the partition of Punjab in 1947 hence half a century later, the author was unable to apprise on the exact location of this Gurdwara. This article explores the history of the site and the location of Gurdwara Guru Nanak.

isara solutions, 2022

This paper seeks to study the institution of Masands ,and how this institution was abolished by Guru Gobind Singhji before he prepared for introducing the new institution of Khalsa. Masands started misusing their spiritual and social position and started misappropriating the offerings of Sikh for their personal ends. They also saw themselves as a force to reckon with, whenever some conflicting claims to Gurugaddi arose within extended household of Gurus. This paper makes use of Gurmukhi literature to study the role of Guru Gobind Singhji in the abolition of Masands.

WordPress, 2022

During my last visit to Pakistan, I also visited Gujranwala, which is a historically significant town for Sikh heritage and the birthplace of Baba Sai Das, founder of the Gosain community and a contemporary of Baba Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism also known as Guru Nanak. One of the tourist attractions of this ancient town is the grandiose Tombri Temple, popularly known as Toomri Mandir or Nanda Ram Mandir. It stands in the open and verdurous fields adjacent to my hometown of Baddoki Gosaian, two miles southwest from Gakhar Mandi on GT Road and about 16 kilometres from the main city of Gujranwala. The area had not seen much urbanisation until recently. For the last seven years, however, the area around the temple has slowly been encroached upon by the newly established Defence Housing Authority (DHA) society.

Indian Economic and Social History Review, 2017

In this paper, I present the history of the administration and management of the Lahore Shahidganj, a site that was disputed between Muslims and Sikhs, from 1850 to 1936. Drawing on a rare and detailed record of land bequest, management of the Shahidganj site by its ‘unreformed’ Sikh mahants from 1850 to 1928, and representations by Anjuman-i Islamia and Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), this article accounts for almost 100 years of history of development, use of and ambitions for this site.

The land of Pakistan and the city of Lahore in particular had special importance to the Sikh religion. Where, before the creation of Pakistan, there were almost 30 magnificent Gurdwaras. After the partition of the Indian Subcontinent, a majority of the Sikh people’s religious places fell under the land of Pakistan. Most of these locations are ruins today, yet they reflect the epic spiritual significance of their glorious past to this day, out of these are included the locations in Lahore which are related to the Sikh religions fifth Guru; Guru Arjan Dev Ji.

South Asian Studies, 2015