Remembering Guru Tegh Bahadur – The Saint Who Started Langars – On His Birthday

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Remembering Guru Tegh Bahadur - The Saint Who Started Langars - On His Birthday


The ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadur was born on April 1, 1621 and his childhood name was Tyaga Mal. Besides being deeply spiritual, he was an artist at heart and a man of many talents. He was publicly executed in 1675 by order of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb for refusing to submit to the Mughal ruler.

The ninth guru of the Sikh religion, Guru Tegh Bahadur, was born on April 1, 1621 in Amritsar. He was the youngest son of Guru Hargobind, the sixth Sikh Guru. Throughout his life, he traveled extensively to spread the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev in various parts of the country including Kashmir and Assam.

Guru Tegh Bahadur was deeply spiritual and an artist at heart. Many of his hymns are included in the Guru Granth Sahib. Traveling to many places from Dhaka to Assam, he spread his knowledge and the lessons of Guru Nanak. Moreover, he established LANGUAGES which served free food to those in need.


Birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur: History

Guru Tegh Bahadur was born on April 1, 1621 and his childhood name was Tyaga Mal. Although he was trained in fencing, horseback riding and martial arts, he chose a life of renunciation and meditation. He was the ninth Sikh Guru between 1665 and 1675. He was predeceased by Guru Gobind Singh.

Guru Tegh Bahadur was publicly executed in 1675 by order of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb for refusing to submit to the Mughal ruler.

Guru Tegh Bahadur is considered the savior guru of the Sikh community as he resisted Aurangzeb’s forced conversion to Islam and saved people from different kinds of oppression. The birthday of Guru Tegh Bahadur plays an important role in the Sikh community and is observed with great fanfare in gurdwaras across the country.

Inspirational quotes from Guru Tegh Bahadur

  • “Abandon pride and attachment to mammon, and consecrate your heart to the worship of God. Saint Nanak is the way to salvation – through the teachings of the Guru find it.
  • “Give up your head, but don’t give up on those you set out to protect. Sacrifice your life, but don’t give up your faith.
  • “The true awareness of the real nature of this material world, of its perishable, transitory and illusory aspects, is best felt on a suffering person.”
  • “Consider the man who meditates on God day and night as his image. Between God and his servant there is no dissimilarity – recognize that to be true.
  • “The person who has renounced his selfishness by acknowledging God as the creator will obtain deliverance; be sure of this truth, O my spirit.

    • (Edited by : Shoma Bhattacharjee)


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