Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

1621 - 1675

Ninth Guru

Youngest son of Guru Hargobind Sahib & Bibi Nanaki

Born in Amritsar in 1621Trained as a soldier & horse riderReligious education from Baba

Budha ji & Bhai Gurdas ji

Life Story

Married to Mata Gujari Ji in 1633

Nine years later settled down in a village called Bakala

Meditated for many years

Leader

Guru Teg Bahadur accepted the role of leading the Sikhs.

Set out on a number of journeys….

Kiratpur, Goindwal, Khadur Sahib, Amritsar and Taran Taaran Sahib…

Preached honest work and charity

Settled at Patna where he left his family for a while & went to eastern states of India

Birth of Gobind Rai

His son Gobind Rai was born in 1666 at Patna

He met his son after several years

Finally in 1672 he came to Anandpur Saheb where he settled

Shaheedi

The Muslim emperor Aurangzeb wanted to convert everybody to Islam

Ordered Hindu Pandits of Kashmir to be converted

Pandits asked Guru Teg Bahadur to help

Shaheedi contd…

Gobind Rai asked Guru ji the reason for Pandits

visit

Guru ji replied that unless a holy man lays his life

the Hindus can not be saved

Gobind Rai suggested to his father that there can

not be a bigger saint than him and suggested

him to go and face Mughals challenge

Tortures

Starved Kept behind iron bars Made to watch shaheedi of

– Bhai Mati Das

– Bhai Sati Das

Finally beheaded publicly in Delhi (gurdwara Sees Ganj)

Cremation

Lakhi Shah Vanjara took Guru ji’s body and in order to cremate him set fire to his house!

Bhai Jaita took Guru ji’s Sis to Anandpur Saheb to hand over to Guru Gobind Singh ji

Teachings

Honesty, devotion, self less service.

Kurbani

Shabads gurbani

Khalsa

His son Guru Gobind Singh ji became guru at a young age of nine layers

He later laid the Khalsa panth learning from the teachings of guru Tegh Bahadur Ji

Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh

vwihgurU jI kw ^wlswvwihgurU jI kI Pqih

Sis Dea Par Sirar Na Deea

Dharam Het Saka Jin Keea

Tilak Janjhu Rakha Prabh Taa Kaa

Keeno Bado Kaluu mai Saaka

Sadhan Het Iti Jin Kari

Sis Deaa Par See Na Uchari

Sadhan Het Iti Jin KariMeaning – he who sacrificed himself for the sake of sadhus

Sis Deaa Par See Na UchariMeaning – he sacrificed his life

Natak Chetak Keeye Kukaja

Prabh Logan Ke Aavat Laaja

Dhan Guru Teg Bahadur Saheb