SikhiWiki:Did you know/Week 12
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Did you know...
- .... that Gurdwara Bangla Sahib is situated in the heart of New Delhi's Connaught Place area and originally was the bungalow (haveli or "bangla") of Mirza Raja Jai Singh, hence the name Bangla Sahib.
- .... that when Guru Amar Das, the third Sikh Guru-to-be came to meet Guru Angad Dev, Guru Amar Das was 62 years old and Guru Angad Dev was 37 year of age.
- .... that Bhai Jivan Singh (1649 - 1705) was the name given to Bhai Jaita after he had received the rites of initiation at the hands of Guru Gobind Singh in 1699; it was he who had risked his life to recover and return the severed head of Guru Tegh Bahadur to Anandpur Sahib in 1675.
- that in Sikhi, cruelty is not permitted; cruelty is an aspect of human understanding that has been addressed very clearly by the Sikh Gurus. "Cruelty, material attachment, greed and anger are the four rivers of fire. Falling into them, one is burnt, O Nanak!" (SGGS p 147).
