Bandi Chhor Diwas: Read about the significance of Diwali in this Sikh festival
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Bandi Chhor Diwas: Read about the significance of Diwali in this Sikh festival

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Sikhs celebrate Bandi Chhor Diwas, which falls on the day of Diwali, the Hindu festival which commemorates return of Bhagwan Ram from Lanka along with Maa Sita and his brother Lakshman after slaying Lankan demon king Ravan. The history of Bandi Chhor Diwas Bandi Chhor Diwas is linked to Shri Guru Hargobind Singh Ji, who was the sixth Sikh Guru. Shri Guru Hargobind Singh Ji was only eleven years old when he had to take over as Sikh Guru after his father, Shri Guru Arjan Singh Ji, was killed by the Mughals. pic.twitter.com/cAMpUOVRXN — Puneet Sahani October 24, 2022 In a letter dated October 5, 1699, Guru Gobind Singh Ji, grandson of Guru Hargobind Singh Ji, asked the congregation of Naushera Pannuan to visit him for Diwali. In fact, it was under the leadership of the sixth Sikh guru, Guru Arjan Dev Singh Ji’s son Guru Hargobind Singh Ji that the Sikh community became militarized.

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Why Diwali is Significant For The Sikh Community?
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Why Diwali is Significant For The Sikh Community?

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HAPPY DIWALI 2022: Diwali, the festival of light, is knocking on the doors and aren’t we all just excited? According to historian Mahavir Purohit, the Mughal emperor Jahangir imprisoned Hargobind Singh Sahib, the sixth religious leader of the Sikhs, in a fort in Gwalior where 52 Hindu kings were already imprisoned. When Hargobind Sahib got imprisoned, the Hindu kings treated …

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