Discover Bibi Amaro's pivotal role in Sikh history, introducing Amar Das to Guru Angad, enriching spirituality with hymns, and being honored with a shrine.
DAS GUR KATHA, by Karikan, one of the poets in attendance on Guru Gobind Singh, is a versified account, in an admixture of Braj, Hindi and Punjabi, of the events of the lives of the Ten Gurus. The only known manuscript of the work is present in the Panjab Public Library at Lahore, a copy of which was obtained for the library of the Khalsa College at Amritsar in 1956 and which was published with annotation in book form, in 1967, by the Khalsa Samachar, Amritsar. The colophon indicates the author`s name, but not the year of composition which from internal evidence is reckoned to be around AD 1699.
Dive into the Khuiasat Uttwarikh, a 17th-century Persian chronicle by Sujan Rai Bhandari covering Hindu and Muslim kings and the Sikh faith.
Discover the remarkable life of Mahitab Devi, aka Rani Katochan, who influenced Maharaja Ranjit Singh and introduced Phulkari embroidery to Lahore.
Explore the meaning of 'Pothi,' a sacred book among Sikhs containing scriptural texts, bridging cultural connections with Punjabi, Maithili, and Marathi.
