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Eyewitness Account of Vaisakhi 1699


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btw..i feel Guru Ji could have done ANYTHING. I'm not trying to say this is impossible. I'm just saying it doesn't make sense why nobody wrote about it.

I agree.

It is a little too fishy !!

I don' think he spent a couple of hours fidgeting around and stitching heads on different bodies infront of a standing crowd of 40 thousand !!

I don't think there was a behind the scenes tent unless they changed their clothes ?

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This account has been mentioned by Sohan Lal Suri in his Umdat-Ut-Twarikh written in first half of 19th century. Bhai Vir Singh mentioned it in his Devi Poojan Partal. Other scholars have referenced this account as well.

Sri Gur Katha by Bhai Jeevan Singh (aka Bhai Jaita Ji) is more credible eye witness account. Another striking feature of this account is that it mentions Guru Sahib himself putting patasay (sugar balls) in Amrit. Bhai Binod Singh also wrote a granth but I am not sure if it mentions this account.

Majority of the Sikh scholars believe there was a tent. Bhai Jeevan Singh mentions tent in his account. Whether heads were actually severed or not could be debated but there were no goats. Guru Sahib asked for heads and Sikhs offered them. Whatever Guru Sahib decided later was his decision but one thing is crystal clear that Sikhs passed the test by offering their heads. Guru Rakha

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I believe it is clear that there was a tent from which the Panj emerged in bana.

The cutting of heads and re-attaching them supernaturally is NOT of significance and should not be for any of us sikhs.

What is of signififcance is that you Literally offer your head to the Guru.

It is NOT a baptism or a cleansing as claimed by some, but it is submitting your Head and your Complete Will to the GURU.

You No longer stay as the 'Ego' you, but you become HIS Singh/Kaur and you abide and live by HIS HUKAM ONLY.

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