How to Pronounce Guru Hargobind
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Jul 05, 1595 Guru ki Vadali, India Died on 19 Mar 1644 (aged 48)
The sixth Guru of Sikhism
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About Guru Hargobind
- Guru Hargobind ([g??u? ???go?b?n?d??] 19 June 1595 - 3 March 1644), revered as the sixth Nanak, 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 father, Guru Arjan, by the Mughal emperor Jahangir.Guru Hargobind introduced the process of militarization to Sikhism, likely as a response to his father's execution and to protect the Sikh community.
- He symbolized it by wearing two swords, representing the dual concept of miri and piri (temporal power and spiritual authority).
- In front of the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Guru Hargobind constructed the Akal Takht (the throne of the timeless one).
- The Akal Takht represents the highest seat of earthly authority of the Khalsa (the collective body of the Sikhs) today.
