Name: Deeviya
Country: India

Year: 2026
Volume: Volume-11, Issue-1, January-June 2026 (Special Issue)
Page Number: 342-346
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19451942

ABSTRACT:
Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (1621-1675) the ninth in succession to the spiritual tradition initiated by Guru Nanak Dev ji, was Youngest of the five sons of the Sixth Guru, Guru Hargobind Sahib Ji, and Mata Nanki. He inherited a legacy of spiritual leadership combined with moral courage and social responsibility. He travelled widely to create a bond of togetherness amongst the populace especially the suffering lot who were infused with new vigor and spiritual freedom. The Guru remained focused on purging people from superstitions, fanaticism, parochialism and other evils rampant in the Indian society during those times. This article examines the extensive travels of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji in different parts of the Indian subcontinent, including Dhaka and Assam, to preach the teachings of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh guru. The places he
visited and stayed in became sites of Sikh temples.

Keywords: Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji, Journey, Sikh Gurus, Seventeenth Century, Teaching.