Gurdwara Bhai Jaita Ji

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Gurudwara Bhai Jaita ji is situated in the city of Shri Anandpur Sahib, Ropar Distt. When Guru Tegh Bahadur was Beheaded on 11 nov 1675 in Delhi. It is said that Bhai Jaita had been sent to meet with the Guru before his execution. At that meeting the Guru asked him to stand so that he might catch his head during the execution. After being successful at doing what his Guru had asked of him he carried it to Sri Anandpur Sahib to Guru Gobind Rai). In Delhi Bhai Lakhi Shah used his house to cremate Guru Sahibs body as a public cremation would have been dangerous.

On novemeber 16 1675 Pyre of sandalwood was used by the young Guru to cremate his fther's head. Later Guru Gobind Rai refered to Bhai Jaita as "Rangreta Guru Ka Beta" and Bhai Jaita ji became Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji's sikh and was renamed Bhai Jiwan Singh ji.