Shaheedi Sabha (earlier ''Shaheedi jod Mela'') is a three-day annual religious congregation (get-together) organised every year in December at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, in the Fatehgarh Sahib district of

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, India to pay homage to the martyrdom of ''Chhotte Sahibzade'' Baba Zorawar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh, the youngest sons of the 10th

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Guru Gobind Singh.

Martyrdom

Zorawar Singh and Fateh Singh (aged 9 and 7 years respectively) along with

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, mother of Guru Gobind Singh were imprisoned by the governor of

Sirhind Sirhind-Fategarh is a town and a municipal council in the Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. Demographics In the 2011 census Sirhind-Fatehgarh had a population of 60852. Males constituted 54% of the population and fema ...

, Wazir Khan. He offered them treasure and easy lives if they would only convert to Islam, but they refused and stuck their faith in

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. They were entombed alive by being bricked into a wall on 26 December 1705, but the wall collapsed. Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, north of the Sirhind marks the site of their live entombment. Their mortal remains were cremated at a nearby place, where Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup is situated.

Sabha schedule

The first day of the sabha is observed purely in religious spirits. Earlier on 2nd day of Sabha, rallies and meetings were held by various political parties. But recently all political parties have stopped organizing conferences, to pay the tributes to Chhotte Sahibzade peacefully. Lakhs pray at Gurdwara Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup and Gurdwara Thanda Burj on this historic occasion every year during this three-day Sabha. Each year, the district administration would do special arrangements for devotees and people visiting the sabha like parking areas, controlling flow of

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by setting up special barricades and nakas,

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& emergency services and by deploying heavy police force for security. The

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has been arranging deewan, where the Sikh preachers, ragis, dhadi jathas use traditional music to retell the history of the Sikh. Although Sabha is a religious event, a heavy

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force is normally deployed all around the Sabha site.http://www.khalsanet.org/sikhs/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=2

Guru ka langar

People of villages of adjoining areas organise

Langar Langar may refer to: Community eating *Langar (Sikhism) * Langar (Sufism) Places Afghanistan *Langar, Badakhshan, Afghanistan * Langar, Bamyan, Afghanistan * Langar, Faryab, Afghanistan * Langar, Herat, Afghanistan * Langar, Wardak, Afghanis ...

which is served on the way to lakhs arriving here. The villagers pool grains, vegetables, milk and other eatables and prepare the

langar Langar may refer to: Community eating *Langar (Sikhism) * Langar (Sufism) Places Afghanistan *Langar, Badakhshan, Afghanistan * Langar, Bamyan, Afghanistan * Langar, Faryab, Afghanistan * Langar, Herat, Afghanistan * Langar, Wardak, Afghanis ...

for devotees locally known as sangat. Women folk prepare food for langar in collective kitchen in open area on the roadside and men serve it to the sangat coming from far away areas on Buses,

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, trollies and other means of transportation.

References

External links

Trailer of Saka Sirhind@youtube.comAudio in Punjabi
{{Punjabi fairs and festivals December events Fairs in India Punjabi culture History of Sikhism

Martyrdom

Sabha schedule

Guru ka langar

See also

References

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