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Near
Connaught Place in New Delhi, a vast and magnificent building that
once belonged to Raja Jai Singh of Amber now stands stately Gurdwara
Bangla Sahib, in memory of Guru Har Krishan ji. Guru Har Rai ji had
two sons, Ram Rai was elder and the younger Har Krishan. Ram Rai had
displeased his father on account of his manifesting miracles despite
strict instructions not to do so as it was against the Sikh faith.
Guru Har Rai ji had thus ordained Guruship to his younger son Har
Krishan. Through a cunning and crafty design, the deranged and
distraught Ram Rai involved Emperor Aurangzeb against the
succession. The Emperor ordered Raja Jai Singh to get Guru
Harkrishan ji to see him in Delhi. The Raja was a great devotee of
the Sikh Guru's and he knew the true story of the succession too.
The Raja instead of presenting the Guru before the King, made him
his own guest. It so happened that at time Delhi was inflamed with
the epidemic of smallpox and people in large gatherings had been
visiting the Guru continuously. The Guru thus could not escapee the
attack of smallpox and he left for his heavenly abode in 1664 at the
tender age of just eight. It is at this place where the Guru
breathed his last and the big palace was converted into an inspiring
Gurdwara now known as Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, which is a sacred place
for pilgrimage with the Sikhs. |
