Honouring Guru Teg Bahadur Ji!

Guru Teg Bahadur ji was a person who was known for his Sikh teachings, deep meditation, humanity and courage. He sacrificed himself in the year 1675 to defend the religious rights of each and every person whether hindu or sikh. His 350^th shaheedi Diwas was celebrated this year on 26 november 2025 worldwide  which was the biggest shaheedi in the sikh history. All the people celebrated it as a festival in each part of India as a glorious revolution which marks it as a day full of religious belief and unity among every Indian.

The government also announced it as a holiday and on red fort, New Delhi it was celebrated for 3 consecutive days i.e. on 23^rd, 24^th and 25^th of November. All these days of the shaheedi were followed by kirtan from different groups of the Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Parbandak committee from evening till late night starting with the  rehraas sahib path from 5pm onwards followed by the Ardaas and the Langar.

However, on the 3^rd day a nagar kirtan was held in the morning starting from 9am from gurudwara sis Ganj (sis meaning “head” and ganj meaning “place”) till afternoon. This all was organised by dSGPC which is also known as delhi sikh gurudwara parbandak committee in collaboration with delhi government and police. our chief minister of delhi, Smt. Rekha Gupta also  gave a speech on guruji’s shahadat. She described about the shaheedi that was the reason for the shaheedi of guru teg bahadur ji which also included their 3 disciples bhai mati das ji, bhai sati das ji and bhai Dyala ji. 

All the four sikh sacrificed their lives because the muslims asked them to change their religion from sikh to Islam, but they refused. He was also known as “Hind Di chadar” because he sacrificed himself for the sake of Kashmiri Pandits without thinking about the outcome for this. Kashmiri pandits came to guru saheb and told that Aurangzeb wanted us to change our religion. Guruji smiled and said that he can convey to Aurangzeb that if Guru Tegh Bahadur ji agrees to change his religion then we will accept islam.

Guruji’s words made him angry and he imprisoned him. In 1675, accepting the death sentence, he recited the Japji Sahib path  until he was beheaded. After Guru Tegh Bahadur’s beheading, a loyal Sikh took the Guru’s head to Anandpur saheb. According to tradition, another loyal Sikh (bhai lakhi shah) took the body to his home and cremated it; a Sikh shrine, Gurdwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, marks the spot of the cremation.