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Baba Gurditta (5 November 1613 – 15 March 1638,
Gurmukhi Gurmukhī ( , Shahmukhi: ) is an abugida developed from the Laṇḍā scripts, standardized and used by the second Sikh guru, Guru Angad (1504–1552). Commonly regarded as a Sikh script, Gurmukhi is used in Punjab, India as the official scrip ...
: ਗੁਰਦਿੱਤਾ) was the son of
Guru Hargobind Guru Hargobind (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ, pronunciation: l 19 June 1595 – 28 February 1644) was the sixth of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion. He had become Guru at the young age of eleven, after the execution of his ...
(sixth Sikh guru), and the father of
Guru Har Rai Guru Har Rai (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ, pronunciation: ; 16 January 1630 – 6 October 1661) revered as the ''seventh Nanak'', was the seventh of ten Gurus of the Sikh religion.Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...
. There is a gurudwara in Kiratpur Sahib, Punjab which is in remembrance of Baba Gurditta.


Biography

Baba Gurditta was born on the full moon of the month of Katak in 1613 to Mata Damodari and Guru Hargobind. According to
Pashaura Singh Kunwar Pashaura Singh (1821 – 11 September 1845), also spelt Peshawara Singh, sometimes styled as ''Shahzada'', was the younger son of Ranjit Singh, Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Rani Daya Kaur. Maharaja Ranjit Singh named Pashaura as he had re ...
, Gurditta was born on the full-moon day ('' pūrnamā'') of the month of '' Assū'' in '' sambat'' 1665, which corresponds to 13 October 1608 C.E. Gurditta was born in the forests of Daroli located in the Malwa region of Punjab. Guru Hargobind was organizing Sikh youth in Amritsar when he received the news of the birth of Gurditta, with this event being recorded as follows: He is said to have resembled Guru Nanak in his youth.Gurbilas Patashahi 6 Chapter 9 According to
Bhai Mani Singh Bhai Mani Singh (7 April 1644 – 14 June 1738) was an 18th-century Sikh scholar and martyr. He was a childhood companion of Guru Gobind Singh and took the vows of Sikhism when the Guru inaugurated the Khalsa in March 1699. Soon after that, t ...
Baba Gurditta got name from the fact that he looked like Guru Nanank (Gur) and from the fact that it seemed look Guru Nanak has given himself a physical form (ditta). Gurditta got engaged in 1619 in the month of Katak to Ananti known as Netti. He and his wife were both six years old at the time. They got married on 17 April 1621. A big wedding celebration occurred. Guru Hargobind gifts Gurditta a horse that is worth 100,000 rupees. During the years 1626–1627, he lived in Kartarpur in the
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as per directions by his father. He was the founder of Kiratpur near the Shivalik foothills, also according to commands by his father. He took part in the Battle of Kartarpur (1635) against Painde Khan. In the battle he killed a
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general named Asman Khan. Asman Khan and Gurditta were previously childhood friends. Gurditta shot Asman Khan with an arrow. Gurditta rushed by him and cried as Asman Khan died. When asked by his father, Guru Hargobind, why he is crying Gurditta remarked that he was just yesterday playing with Asman and now he is dead. When a Sikh, named Nakhora, offered his daughter to be wed to Baba Gurditta, Mata Ananti protested against this idea and complained to Guru Hargobind. Afterwards, the Guru disapproved of the match and the daughter of Nakhora returned home unwed to Gurditta. Baba Gurditta died around 1638, while his father was still alive. His brother
Guru Tegh Bahadur Guru Tegh Bahadur ( Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ (Gurmukhi); ; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in ...
would later become the ninth Sikh guru when Baba Gurdita's line of succession dried up. After the Battle of Kartarpur, he took rest under a Banyan tree which is still there in Kartarpur near Sukka Talab he tied his horses under the tree. The sacred Banyan tree has great significance for the Sikhs of Kartarpur. The site is maintained by the Toor clan. Then Baba Gurditta followed the path 5 km north of Kartarpur and conducted the funeral of martyred
Nihang The Nihang (also spelt as Nihung lit. "Crocodiles") or Akali (lit. "Immortals"), also known as '' Dal Khalsa'', is an armed Sikh warrior order originating in the Indian subcontinent. Nihangs are believed to have originated either from Fateh Sin ...
s and where now stands a gurdwara called Killi Sahib.


Head of Udasi sect

He was appointed by the aged
Sri Chand Sri Chand ( Gurmukhi:: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਚੰਦ; born 8 September 1494, traditional death date 13 January 1629), also known as Baba Sri Chand or Bhagwan Sri Chandra, was the founder of the Udasi sect of ascetic Sadhus. ***While Sikh and Udasi ...
to succeed him as the head of the Udasi sect that he had established. He is remembered for giving new strength and energy towards the missionary activities of the sect, such as by establishing four Udasi preaching centres known as ''dhūāṅs.''


Death

According to legend, on the earlier part of the day of 15 March 1638 in Kiratpur, Baba Gurditta performed a miracle reluctantly under duress where he revived a cow which he, or another member of his hunting party, had accidentally shot and killed after mistaking it for a deer while he was out hunting. Guru Hargobind later admonished him for performing a miracle. Baba Gurditta was deeply affected by this reprimand by his father and silently retired himself to a secluded place outside of Kiratpur, near the shrine of Budhan Shah, where he died later the same day. The Guru searched for him and discovered his dead body, which brought upon much sadness to Hargobind and the Sikh congregation. These events may have had a strong impression on the young Tyag Mal (later
Guru Tegh Bahadur Guru Tegh Bahadur ( Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦਰ (Gurmukhi); ; 1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675) was the ninth of ten gurus who founded the Sikh religion and was the leader of Sikhs from 1665 until his beheading in ...
), teaching him a lesson on the transience and impermanence of life. On the spot of his death now stands a ''dehrā'' (mausoleum).'''' Another account of his death states that he died while wearing bride-groom robes after his requested marriage to the daughter of Nakhora was rejected by his father. He was succeeded as head of the Udasi sect by four of his disciples, them namely being
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, Balu Hasne, Phul, and Goinde.


Birth year

Some sources record his birth year as being 1608 rather than 1613.


Gallery

File:A Sikh Shrine at Keeruthpore, Punjaub.jpg, Gurdwara Baba Gurditta at Kiratpur in the 19th century File:Gurdwara Baba Gurditta Ji.JPG, Present-day Gurdwara Baba Gurditta File:Fresco painting of Baba Gurditta, the eldest son of the sixth Sikh guru, Guru Hargobind, and second leader of the Udasi sect succeeding Sri Chand, circa early 18th century.jpg, Early 18th century fresco art depicting Baba Gurditta from Dehradun File:Painting of Baba Gurditta Sodhi (eldest son of Guru Hargobind), circa late 19th century.jpg, Painting of Baba Gurditta Sodhi seated with an attendant, circa late 19th century File:Dhan - Dhan Baba Gurditta Ji 1.jpg, 20th century depiction of Gurditta File:Hukamnama issued by Baba Gurditta, son of Guru Tegh Bahadur and father of Guru Har Rai.jpg, ''
Hukamnama A Hukamnama ( Punjabi: ਹੁਕਮਨਾਮਾ, translit. ''Hukamanāmā''), in modern-times, refers to a hymn from the Guru Granth Sahib which is given as an injunction, order, or edict to Sikhs. It also refers to edicts issued by the contemp ...
'' issued by Baba Gurditta, circa 17th century


See also

*
Gurudwara Baba Gurditta Gurudwara Baba Gurditta Ji is a Sikhism, Sikh temple (''gurdwara'') in the village of Chandpur Rurki of Nawanshahr District in Punjab, India, Indian Punjab. The gurudwara is situated at the entrance of the village and about 1.5 km from G ...


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External links


www.babagurdittaji.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurditta, Baba People from Firozpur district Family members of the Sikh gurus 1613 births 1638 deaths 17th-century Indian people