![]() ![]() The two eldest boys took Amrit and joined the brotherhood of the Khalsa. As their skill grew, so did the love and pride of their father, Guru Gobind Singh. Every evening they would gather their friends and practice the arts of swords and archery. They learned the skills of soldier, a saint, a scholar and a statesman at the feet of their glorious father. Guru’s four young sons, the Sahibzadas, lived with their parents in the city of Anandpur Baba Ajit Singh, Baba Jujhar Singh, Baba Zorowar Singh and Baba Fateh Singh. ![]() This was an unparalleled time of exaltation of the human spirit. In Anandpur, no longer was man bound by the shackles of caste or prejudice but lived free in dignity and strength. ![]() When the Guru established the Khalsa at Baisakhi 1699, the human spirit emerged in its most beautiful form and more than eighty thousand flocked to the brotherhood of the Khalsa. Artists, poets, merchants, and devoted Sikhs swelled the population of Anandpur into a flourishing community. In the late seventeenth century, the city of Anandpur Sahib prospered and grew under the inspired leadership of the Tenth Guru, Siri Guru Gobind Singh ji Maharaj. ![]()
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