Baba Santokh Singh Ji
(Jyoti Saroop Wale)
Bhai Jasbir Singh Ji had a very close
asociation and love for Baba Santokh Singh Jyoti
Saroop Wale.
Gurudwara Jyoti Sarup Sahib is about 1 Km
from Fatehgarh Sahib on Sirhind- Chandigarh
road. It was at this place that the mortal
remains of Mata Gujri, the mother of Guru Gobind
Singh and his two younger sons, Fateh Singh and
Zorawar Singh were cremated. Wazir Khan, the
then Faujdar of Sirhind refused to allow the
cremation of the bodies unless the land for the
cremation was purchased by laying gold coins on
it. Todar Mal who was an ardent devotee of Guru
Gobind Singh, purchased this place of land by
offering gold coins as demanded. And thus made
his etched his name in the annals of Sikh
history and earned the salutation of Deewan. The
town has four memorial gates surrounding it,
each in the memory of four important persons
from the Sikh history associated with Sirhind,
these were, Deewan Todar Mal, Nawab Sher
Muhammed Khan, Baba Banda Singh Bahadur and Baba
Moti Ram Mehra. All belonged to different castes
/ religions, thus depicting the harmony
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