Guru Teg Bahadur

Dec. 18, 2023

Recently, the Prime Minister of India paid tributes to Sri Guru Teg Bahadur on his martyrdom day.

About the Guru Teg Bahadur:

Guru Teg Bahadur’s name earlier was Teyag Mal.
He was the ninth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.
His father and the sixth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Hargobind Sahib (1595-1644) changed the name to Teg Bahadur.
He got his name from his fighting and sword skills on the battlefield.
Works:
- He built the city of Anandpur Sahib (in Rupnagar/Ropar district, on the edge of Shivalik Hills, near the Sutlej River, in Punjab). Here the last two Sikh Gurus lived and where Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa Panth in 1699.
- He contributed more than 100 poetic hymns to Granth Sahib which cover various topics, such as the nature of God, human attachments, body, mind, dignity, service etc.
- He was instrumental in the conciliation between Raja Bishan Singh and Raja Paranpal, thus avoiding a war.
He was first arrested by the Mughals on the orders of Aurangzeb in 1665.
He was publicly beheaded in 1675 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi.