Mata Gujri

Mata Gujri, was the wife of Guru Teg Bahadur and also the mother of Guru Gobind Singh. Mata Gujri and the younger Sahibzadey Baba Fateh & Baba Zorawar Singh sought shelter at Gangu; who was a servant of Guru Gobind Singh Ji. Gangu was the one who betrayed the trust of Guru Gobind Singh Ji and the Sikhs by reporting to the Mughals where Mata Gujri and the younger Sahibzadey were staying. Mata Gujri was martyred along with two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh Ji; Sahibzadey Baba Zorawar Singh and Sahibzadey Baba Fateh Singh Ji, under the command of the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb for refusing to convert to Islam. Mata Gujri was martyred by being ordered to lay on a ice block and the younger Sahibzadey were bricked alive. Gurdwara Mata Gujari is a shrine in remberance of the place where Mata Gujri spent her last four days. Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Ji (Punjabi: ਸ੍ਰੀ ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ ਬਹਾਦਰ ਜੀ) (April 1, 1621 - November 11, 1675) was the ninth of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on March 20, 1665 following in the footsteps of his grand-nephew, Guru Har Krishan . ... Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi: ) (Patna, Bihar, India, December 22, 1666 – October 7, 1708, Nanded, Maharashtra,India) was the tenth and last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on November 11, 1675 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Teg Bahadur. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban The adherents of Sikhism are called Sikhs. ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Aurangzeb (from Persian, اورنگزیب meaning befitting the throne),(November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707, also known as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( (help· info)), submission (to the will of God)) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second-largest religion. ...