The Sikh Gurus + Guru Tegh Bahadur, Guru Har Krishan, Guru Arjan Dev Sikh Comics

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The Sikh Gurus:
Sikhism traces its beginnings to Punjab where Guru Nanak was born in 1469.There are 25 Million Sikhs worldwide, of which 18 million live in the Panjab and other 7 million around the world. At the heart of the religion are the Ten Sikh Gurus from the founder father guru Nanak (1469- 1539) to Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708) who transferred authority from individual masters to the scriptures know as Guru Granth Sahib.

Guru Har Krishan:
Guru Har Krishan, the eighth Sikh Guru, at the age of five received the jot, or the divine light and the spirit of Guru Nanak. It was passed on to him from the seventh Sikh Guru, Har Rai. He led the Sikhs for two and a half years and spent part of that time in Delhi tending to the sick and poor during an epidemic of smallpox.

Thousands were healed by Guru Har Krishan. The disease was finally eradicated from Delhi, but the Guru took the suffering of the people upon himself and succumbed to smallpox at the tender age of eight. Gurdwara Bangla Sahib now adorns the place where Guru Har Krishan stayed in Delhi. The amrit sarovar, or the holy tank, at the Gurdwara continues to heal thousands who visit daily.

Guru Arjan Dev:
Guru Arjan Dev was an obedient son, a great saint and the embodiment of love and modesty. He was also the first Sikh Guru to be martyred. The Guru grew up in Goindwal, Punjab, his humble upbringing deeply influenced by a pious atmosphere. Possessing sharp and keen sense of words, the Guru expressed his feelings and thoughts through poetry. His divine compositions touched Guru Ram Das’s heart and at the age of eighteen he was made the fifth Sikh Guru.

Guru Tegh Bahadur:
Guru Tegh Bahadur. The ninth Guru of the Sikhs lived during one of the most turbulent time in Indian history.

His grandfather the fifth Guru Arjan Dev was martyred by Mughal emperor Jahangir for refusing to embrace Islam and his father the sixth Guru Hargobind had several wars forced upon him by Emperor Jahangir and his successor Shah Jahan. Tyranny and religious persecution of Hindus and Sikhs reached its peak when Aurangzeb ascended to the throne in Delhi. He had long cherished the ambition of converting India to a land of Islam and vigorously started destroying Temples and forcing Hindus to embrace Islam or face death.