Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji
1621 - 1675
Ninth Guru
 Youngest son of Guru Hargobind Sahib &
Bibi Nanaki
 Born in Amritsar in 1621
 Trained as a soldier & horse rider
 Religious 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
vwihgurU jI kw ^wlsw
vwihgurU jI kI Pqih
Vaheguru Ji Ka Khalsa
Vaheguru Ji Ki Fateh
 Sis Dea Par Sirar Na Deea
 Dharam Het Saka Jin Keea
 Tilak Janjhu Rakha Prabh Taa Kaa
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 Keeno Bado Kaluu mai Saaka
 Sadhan Het Iti Jin Kari
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Sadhan Het Iti Jin Kari
Meaning – he who sacrificed himself for the sake of sadhus
Sis Deaa Par See Na Uchari
Meaning – he sacrificed his life
 Sis Deaa Par See Na Uchari
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 Natak Chetak Keeye Kukaja
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 Prabh Logan Ke Aavat Laaja
 Dhan Guru Teg Bahadur Saheb