Guru Har Rai ji’s sakhi. (Introduction)
FULL NAME: Guru Har Rai ji OTHER NAME: DIVINE ATTRIBUTE: Mercy PREDECESSOR/PREVIOUS GURU: Guru Har Gobind ji SUCCESSOR/GURU AFTER HIM: Guru Harkishan ji PERSONAL DETAILS BIRTH DATE: 31 January 1630 PLACE OF BIRTH Kiratpur Sahib, Ropar, Punjab, India. GURUSHIP DATE: Tuesday 19 March 1644. AGE OF GURUSHIP: 17 years and 6 months JOTI JOT DATE: 20 October 1661
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JYOTI JOT PLACE: Kiratpur Sahib AGE: 32 FAMILY FATHER NAME: Baba Gurdita ji MOTHER NAME Nihal Kaur ji BROTHER/S NAME: Dhir Mall SISTER/S NAME: - SPOUSE: Ram Kaur ji & Krishan Kaur ji NAME OF SON/S: Ram Rai ji & Harkishan Sahib ji NAME OF DAUGHTER/S: - OTHER DETAILS BANI IN SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI: None CONTEMPORARY EMPERORS: Shah Jahan & Aurangjeb OTHER INFORMATION: Kept 2200 mounted soldiers, Continued the military traditions.
Guru Har Rai Ji (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਰ ਰਾਇ) (31 January 1630 - 20 October 1661) was the seventh of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on Tuesday, 19 March 1644 following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Guru Har Gobind Ji. Before Guru Ji died, he nominated Guru Har Krishan Ji, his son as the next Guru of the Sikhs. The following is a summary of the main highlights of Guru Ji life: 1.Continued the military traditions started by his grandfather Guru Har Gobind Ji 2.Kept 2200 mounted soldiers at all times. 3.Was disturbed as a child by the suffering caused to plants when they were accidentally destroyed by his robe. 4.Made several tours to the Malwa and Doaba regions of the Punjab
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Guru Har Rai ji’s sakhi. (Introduction)
5.Guruji's son, Ram Rai, distorts Bani in front of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, after which the Guru is supposed to have said, ” Ram Rai, you have disobeyed my order and sinned. I will never see you again on account of your infidelity.”
The Guru nominated his youngest son, the five year old Har Krishan as the Eighth Sikh Guru; Guru Har Krishan Sahib on Sunday, 20 October 1661.
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